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Meanings of get a line in English

Portuguese
informar-se
Catalan
assabentar-se
Spanish
descubrir

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.

informar-se
Usage of get a line in English
1
If you get a line on Choochy you'll let us know, right?
Seven up
2
I'll see if I can get a line into their budget system.
The good son: a novel
3
You'd have needed truth serum to get a line out of him.
The Irish Times
4
You just wait and get a line of moon-talk ready for him.
Andrew the Glad
5
As soon as I get a line on him I'll wire you.
Swirling Waters
6
Didn't want him to get a line on our methods, I suppose?
The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
7
The only trouble was to get a line long enough and strong enough.
Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi
8
If it's a deep cut, you'll get a line right through your tattoo.
Wired
9
If they got lucky with registration, they might get a line on it.
Driving Heat
10
Married Boyfriend Number Two is a little easier to get a line on.
The burglar in the closet
11
We can get a line on him before he has played five holes.
John Henry Smith / A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life
12
Thankfully they were able to get a line through to confirm they were alive.
Reuters
13
Still, if he could get a line on Jonas Cox, it would be worthwhile.
Darkness
14
And I was trying to get a line on where those pistols got to.
Murder in the Gunroom
15
Perhaps we may get a line on something that way.
The Treasure-Train
16
But maybe it would be smarter to get a line on Mirov's pals first.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
This collocation consists of:
Translations for get a line
Get a line through the time
Get a line across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common