bring into line
Example Sentences
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He is believed to have dispatched his own men to Lebanon to bring into line pockets of Hizballah, including those loyal to Obeid, that still support Mohtashami.
From Time Magazine Archive
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
In this connection we may well bring into line a remarkable group of phenomena concerning which much evidence has now accumulated.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock
They had held their ground, but on the morrow McClellan could bring into line three to one and an artillery far superior alike in quality, weight and numbers to theirs.
From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
