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noun
Lineup, Line-up  n.  
1.
The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game.
2.
Specifically: The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play.
3.
Specifically: (baseball) A list of batters in the order in which they will bat.
Synonyms: batting order, card, lineup.
4.
Hence: Any arrangement of persons (rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or sentiment; as, the line-up at a ticket-office window; the line-up of political factions. (Colloq.)
5.
A group of persons including a suspect in a police investigation, arranged so as to be observed by a witness, who is requested to identify the perpetrator, if he/she is present in the group. Such an identification may be used as evidence of guilt of the suspect. Also called a police lineup.





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"Lineup" Quotes from Famous Books



... expected. Coach Edward suddenly decided that he wished the regulars to face the strongest lineup he could possibly throw against them as a severe test of the new plays. As a result, Mack Carver found himself at right half on the Second Eleven which had been ...
— Interference and Other Football Stories • Harold M. Sherman
... "Ask this lineup," Jimmie replied. "I don't know. Gee! If I had a face like that man on the end, I'd sell it to the wild man of Borneo, its an improvement on anythin' he could get up. Say, Old Socks!" he added, ...
— Boy Scouts on Motorcycles - With the Flying Squadron • G. Harvey Ralphson
... spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston. The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly. Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents. The ...
— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds


Words linked to "Lineup" :   cleanup position, roster, batting order, line up, cleanup


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