Meaning of on the lines of | Babel Free

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.”

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