ADJ

long
short
thick
fine, thin
direct, straight
curved, wavy, wiggly, zigzag
diagonal, horizontal, parallel, perpendicular, vertical
continuous, solid
broken, dotted
Sign on the dotted line
finishing, starting
contour

VERB + LINE

draw

LINE + VERB

run
divide sth

PREP

in a ~
walk in a straight line

PHRASES

a line of latitude/longitude

ADJ

deep
Deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth

VERB + LINE

have
He has lines on his forehead

LINE + VERB

run

ADJ

long
short
new
continuous

VERB + LINE

form

PREP

in (a/the) ~
children standing in a line
on a/the ~
Start each paragraph on a new line

ADJ

direct
bad
Speak up?it's rather a bad line
busy
power
phone, telephone
outside, party, private
What do I dial for an outside line?

VERB + LINE

hold
Hold the line (= Don't put the receiver down) , please

LINE + VERB

be engaged
be/go dead

PREP

down the ~
He kept shouting down the line at me
on the ~
It's your mother on the line (= on the telephone)
on ~ (also online) (= connected to a computer system)

ADJ

railway, train
main
branch, commuter, feeder
The branch line is threatened with closure

VERB + LINE

take
Take the Bakerloo line and change at Piccadilly
learn
forget
fluff

PREP

on a/the ~
We live on the Northern Line

PHRASES

the end of the line 6 lines words spoken by an actor in a play

ADJ

broad
The broad lines of company policy are already laid down
firm, hard, strong, tough
official, party, political

VERB + LINE

adopt, follow, pursue, take
bring sb/sth into
The other members of the board must be brought into line

PREP

in ~ with (= in agreement with), out of ~ with (= not in agreement with)
out of line with party policies
~ on
the official line on food safety

PHRASES

a line of argument/enquiry/questioning

ADJ

battle, firing, front

PHRASES

behind enemy lines, in/on the front line