laid on the line
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I tried the case on my art of crossexamination, but next time a full-scale hearing will be laid on the line.
From Time Magazine Archive
All this was officially and publicly laid on the line in Peking last March 5, on the first anniversary of Stalin's death, by Vice Premier Chen Yun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blandly, he laid on the line his terms for coexistence.
From Time Magazine Archive
The importance of what the U.S. laid on the line would be measured in the end by what the rest of the world was ready to accept.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the state highway, laid on the line of a Roman road, from Albert to Bapaume.
From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John
