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
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
To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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
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)
