between the lines
Example Sentences
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“Like you have to look between the lines, see who’s saying what. Like, pretend there’s a study that says that eating chocolate chip cookies for every meal is good for your health.”
From Literature
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We must read between the lines a little, for the author devotes most of his attention to human relationships and group dynamics, but certain of his lessons would seem to apply even to the solitary homebody.
What’s far more important is what’s not being said in the movie, which appears when you read between the lines.
From Salon
Owners of the new car can only color between the lines.
It doesn’t take too much reading between the lines to see that that’s what’s going on.
From Slate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.