See fall in line on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1901, Anna Maynard Barbour, chapter 18, in That Mainwaring Affair:",
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"ref": "c. 2004, Career Soldiers, Won't Waste My Life:",
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"word": "rette ind"
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"word": "totella"
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"word": "olla ruodussa"
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"word": "rentrer dans le rang"
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{
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pasar por el aro"
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],
"word": "fall in line"
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