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 range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
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
After its defeat in the house, the party machinery was put in motion to bring into line sufficient votes to make the necessary three-fourths required.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
After advancing several hundred yards, I found it necessary to bring into line these two regiments on the right and on the left.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
