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Meaning of on the lines of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

Similar to, but not exactly equal.

idiomatic

Examples

“The Minister said something on the lines of, “I don’t care if it causes people to lose⟳ their jobs.””
“Just now he was wearing a suit⟳ of maple-syrup brown with faint but incontrovertible purple stripes. His coat was cut⟳ on the lines of one who plays Big Time in vaudeville, and was supplied with many pockets set⟳ in unexpected spots and at curious angles.”
“Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.”

CEFR level

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

on the order of on the other side of on the point of on the shady side of on the strength of on the stroke of

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