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Line up meaning

Line up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to stand with other people in a straight line.

Past simple
lined up
Past participle
lined up
-ing form
lining up

What line up means

stand in a lineA2

To stand with other people in a straight line

Passengers lined up beside the departure gate.

1 more meaning of line up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up, break up.

Common questions

What does line up mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to stand with other people in a straight line. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of line up?

Lined up, which is also its past participle.

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