See fall in line on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1901, Anna Maynard Barbour, chapter 18, in That Mainwaring Affair:",
"text": "It will be to your interest to accept my suggestions and fall in line with my plans.",
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"ref": "c. 2004, Career Soldiers, Won't Waste My Life:",
"text": "If I had your life I'd put my throat to a knife,\nFill your days with emptiness, but I don't have the time;\nI won't grow up, I won't fall in line.",
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"(idiomatic) To submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform."
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"To line up."
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"(Philippines) To line up."
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"word": "rentrer dans le rang"
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"ref": "c. 2004, Career Soldiers, Won't Waste My Life:",
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"glosses": [
"To line up."
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"(Philippines) To line up."
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "rette ind"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "totella"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "olla ruodussa"
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "rentrer dans le rang"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pasar por el aro"
}
],
"word": "fall in line"
}
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