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1. line... up p.v. When people or things form a row, they line up. When you arrange people or things so that they form a row, you line them up.

People lined up to buy Superbowl tickets. Timmy is lining his toy cars up.

lined up part.adj. People or things that form a row are lined up.

People have been lined up outside the box office for three days. The children are lined up for attendance.

2. line... up p.v. When something lines up with something else, or when you line up something with something else, it is positioned correctly in relation to something else.

If this bolt doesn't line up with that hole, the lock won't work. The holes in part A have to line up with the holes in part B before you screw them together.

3. line... up p.v. When you arrange for someone or something to be available at a future activity or event, you line that thing or person up.

/ couldn't line a clown up for Susie's birthday party. Who have they lined up for the show?

lined up part.adj. Someone or something that you have arranged to be available for a future activity or event is lined up.

Don't worry about the show; everything is lined up.

The singer is lined up, but the band isn't.

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lineup n. The people or things planned for an event are the lineup.

The network has planned quite a lineup of entertainers for the half-time special. There's always a trapeze act in the circus lineup.

1. stand around p.v. When you stand around, you stand in a place wasting time and not doing anything useful.

/ have all this work to do, and you guys just stand around watching me. The manager told them to stop standing around and get to work.