go down the line

Example Sentences

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Just when you go down the line, it’s just better, better, better, better, better, better.

From The Verge • Oct. 26, 2021

Of course, holding that idea in my mind I could start with William Shakespeare, and then go down the line of playwrights I’m drawn to.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2021

It starts to get more messy as you go down the line.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2020

The presidency would go down the line of succession, though who would become president under such an improbable scenario is not entirely clear.

From Salon • May 13, 2020

Each one of the Freedom Writers had to go down the line and read a sentence from a piece of paper.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers