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Definition of Fall in line
1. Verb. Agree on (a position).
Definition of Fall in line
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall In Line
Literary usage of Fall in line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... False, false is the heart that refuses to yield From your serried ranks of war !
fall in line with State of Marion, And your glittering falchion draw ! ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"Those were taken prisoners, and also forty or fifty of the passengers were ordered
to fall in line to be taken off. About this time I felt a little nervous, ..."
3. History of the Redemptorists at Annapolis, Md., from 1853 to 1903: With a by Redemptorist Father (1904)
"Thus was the way prepared for Maryland to fall in line with the other colonies
for total independence. Carroll now entered upon his public career. ..."
4. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1905)
"The revival will never come until we fall in line with the Reviver. ... God waits
and looks for the Church that will fall in line with the Holy Ghost. ..."
5. The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events (1865)
"... and also forty or fifty of the passengers were ordered to fall in line to be
taken ... fall in line ..."
6. The Prison and the Prisoner: A Symposium by George Gordon Battle (1917)
"At the sound of the bugle at twelve the men fall in line, not, as on week days,
... At five o'clock the bugle sounds, and they fall in line for supper. ..."
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