line (someone) up
phrasal verb with line verb [ T ] uk/laɪn/ us/laɪn/
B2 排列,排队;使(某人)排成行
to arrange people or things in a row or to stand in a row
A fight broke out behind me as we lined up to receive our food rations. 我们排队领取配给的食物时,在我后面有人打起架来。
The soldiers lined us up against a wall and I thought they were going to shoot us. 士兵们让我们靠墙排成一排,我以为他们要向我们开枪了。
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- Politicians are lining up to congratulate her.
- We were lined up and searched.
- Line up quietly over here, please.
- She lined up all her dolls on the bed.
- They lined up to visit the mausoleum.