ON THE LINE

Definition: ON THE LINE

ON THE LINE

1. On a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: ON THE LINE

And if you don't put your heart out there on the line, you're never really living at all. (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

I have to put my family's welfare on the line here, my friend (The Insider; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is. Johnny Fontane willl never get that movie (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo)

Hey, I put my life on the line all the time (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz)

Oh, fantastic, my butt's on the line, and I get some washout (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: John Sayles)

You gotta lay it on the line (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

Is there laughter on the line (Kiss the Rain; performing artist: Billie Myers)

I've put it all on the line now I'm hoping you feel (Say You Will; performing artist: Foreigner)

And the Wichita lineman is still on the line (Wichita Lineman; performing artist: Glen Campbell; writing credit: Jimmy Webb)

Put it all on the line (REACH; performing artist: Gloria Estefan)

On the Line (1971)

Demonstrating the Operation of the Harrington Rail Bonding System on the Line of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Co. (1900)

On the Line (2001)

Puttin' Her Ass on the Line (1991)

Love on the Line (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Ambushed: A War Reporter's Life on the Line (reference)

• Régészeti kutatások az M0 autópálya nyomvonalán = Archäologische Forschungen auf der Strasse der Autobahn M0 = Archaeological researches on the line of motorway M0 (reference)

• Green, Brown, & Probability and Brownian Motion on the Line (reference)

• Digitize Your Customers -- From The Customers On The Line Series [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Line Up on the Line (Homonyms) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Figure 42. Richard bottle, messenger model showing messenger on the line. Designed by Doctor Jules Richard in 1902 and used on the PRINCESSE ALICE II. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

"Providing ammunition to keep the big guns of the heavy cruiser USS Boston on the line is almost a daily task for the fast combat support ships like USS Sacramento. The Seventh Fleet cruiser keeps a vigil close offshore, to provide heavy gunfire in support of Marine operations inland. When not assisting the Marines with her eight and five-inch guns, Boston patrols on Sea Dragon destroying military targets along the coast of North Vietnam." (quoted from the original photo caption). Photographed by Chief Journalist Robert D. Moeser, USN. Photo is dated 25 June 1967. This image, taken from above Boston's port bow, shows her forward triple 8"/55 gun turrets, with eight-inch powder tanks and projectiles on deck nearby. Sacramento (AOE-1) is steaming alongside. Credit: NAVY.

On the line. Credit: Library of Congress.

Scenes on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Garden of the gods. Credit: Library of Congress.

The reveille on the line of battle. Credit: Library of Congress.

Laundry on the line. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Hanging clothes on the line. Credit: Library of Congress.

Woman hanging laundry on the line, Eatonville, Fla., taken during the Lomax, Hurston, Barnicle 1935 expedition to Georgia, Florida and the Bahamas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wonderful scenes mid the giant redwood on the line of the Northwestern Pacific R.R. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, N.H. On the line of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Rail-road, the most direct route to the Franconia and White Mountains / / J.H. Bufford lith. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ON THE LINE": lay on the line ♦ peg clothes on the line ♦ put on the line ♦ stand on the line. Additional references.

Chinese 

踩線 (foot-fault, step on the line). (various references)

Danish

bremsning i forhold til straekningsforholdene (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Dutch

beremming afhankelijk van de lijn (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

French

il y a trouble sur la ligne (there is trouble on the line), freinage en fonction de la ligne (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line), faire la queue (stand on the line). (various references)

German

die Wäsche hängt auf der Leine (the wash is on the line), Bremsung in Abhängigkeit von den Streckenverhältnissen (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Greek 

πέδηση σε συνάρτηση με τις συνθήκες γραμμής (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line), πέδηση ανάλογα με τις συνθήκες γραμμής (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Hungarian

terepszakaszon. (various references)

Italian

frenatura secondo la situazione sulla linea (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

懸ける (to construct, to hang, to offer as a prize, to put one's life on the line, to sit), 乾物 (dried fish, groceries, laundry on the line). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほしもの (clothes for drying, dried washing, laundry on the line). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay ethay inelay.(various references)

Portuguese

frenagem de acordo com as restrições da linha (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Romanian

agãţa rufe pe frânghie (peg clothes on the line). (various references)

Spanish

frenado en función de la línea (braking in accordance with the restrictions on the line). (various references)

Swedish

sätta på spel (imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, lay on the line, venture), lägga korten på bordet (lay on the line), betala kontant (lay on the line, pay down). (various references)

Turkish

tehlikeye atmak (adventure, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay on the line, pawn, peril, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture), riske atmak (adventure, compromise, gamble, jeopardize, lay on the line, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture, wager), kuyruğa girmek (queue, queue up, stand on the line). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: nonelite.

-2 letters: hotline, lenient, leonine, neolith, theelin.

-3 letters: entoil, eolith, ethion, etoile, intone, lenten, linnet, oleine, online, theine.

-4 letters: elint, elite, eloin, helio, helot, hotel, inlet, lento, leone, lethe, linen, lithe, litho, ninth, niton, nonet, olein, teloi, tenon, thein, thine, thiol, thole, toile, tonne.

-5 letters: elhi, enol, heel, heil, helo, hent, hilt, hint, hole, holt.

+2 letters: stenohaline, telephoning.

+3 letters: ethanolamine, incoherently, phentolamine.

+4 letters: ethanolamines, hellenization, phenomenalist, phentolamines.

+5 letters: encephalitogen, hellenizations, nonestablished, nontheoretical, phenomenalists.