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
Others so hard to bring into line, so glad of an excuse for absence, so difficult to interest, so fitful and unconcerned.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
The economic and fraternal features of federation appeal to the public and bring into line people who did not patronize either church before.”
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis
Gluck had studied carefully the progress of non-operatic music since Bach's time, and seeing what vast strides the art had made in this direction, tried to bring into line with the opera its improvements.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring
