What does fall in line mean?

fall in line means "agree on (a position)".

Is fall in line a common word?

fall in line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Fall in line — meaning and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
agree on (a position)
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What does fall in line mean?: fall in line means "agree on (a position)".
Is fall in line a common word?: fall in line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fall in line come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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