get a line

Questions about get a line

What does get a line mean?

get a line means "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally".

What is another word for get a line?

Close synonyms include learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get a line a common word?

get a 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.