in line

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   waiting in a queue for one's turn

2. Editorial30% of films

   obedient, orderly, or kept under control

3. Editorial25% of films

   next in order to get a role, chance, or title

In the movies · 67

• Keep in line, up the street.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• Watch yourselves. Stay in line.Key Largo1948
• I was in line to be King of Denmark.Two Lovers2008
• Wait in line.Dinner in America2020
• Fall in lineMulan2020
• Get him in line.Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials2015
• You in line?Red Eye2005
• Wait. Who's next in line?Circle2015

From the same entry

• along the line
• along … lines
• be, come, on line
• bring come, get, fall, into line
• in line for
• in the line of duty
• in line with
• lay it on the line
• the line of least resistance
• on the line
• out of line
• walk a fine line