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Meaning of get someone in a line | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.

archaic, slang

Examples

“I am afraid they have got me in a line.* In addition to the rest of my troubles, I find this shifting ships and fitting out messes attended with an enormous expense. […] * A common phrase among the seamen at Bitche, meaning to allure or entice.”

“He's got the gibbet in his face now. Gad! you have choked him there. Yes, she's got him in a line.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

get someone there get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's drift get someone's goat get someone's Irish up