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Meanings of keep in line in English

Spanish
manipular

Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage.

        manipular
        Usage of keep in line in English
        1
        And you have three big brothers you'll have to keep in line.
        Riding the storm
        2
        All the people we came out here to keep in line.
        Abaddon's Gate
        3
        He almost gives a start at his own choice of words, keep in line.
        The blood spilt
        4
        Policemen were shouting to the drivers to keep in line.
        The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
        5
        Officers could not curb the men to keep in line.
        "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
        6
        A mid-November 2020 release will keep in line with the previous three console releases.
        The South African
        7
        Adrian Luff also has a very large military force he needs to keep in line.
        Torch of Freedom
        8
        Get back in the ranks and keep in line!
        The Indolence of the Filipino
        9
        That spirit of resistance and that spirit of love are very important to keep in line.
        Ebony
        10
        Nobody wants to keep in line these days.
        A singular man
        11
        Found it very difficult to keep in line.
        The blood spilt
        12
        It will be able to drive every partisan before it, and keep in line with the grand army.
        On War
        13
        Sometime I wonder iffen de white folks didn't make dat song up so us niggers would keep in line.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        14
        Let each man watch his neighbour, to the right and left, and keep in line as much as you can.
        A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
        15
        I suspect that you would be easier to keep in line than those two. He gestured at Isabel and Adam.
        The Stowaway
        16
        In other words, they have to keep in line, and their behaviour patterns are moulded to the designs of their leaders.
        Lid Off the Cauldron
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        Translations for keep in line
        Keep in line through the time
        Keep in line across language varieties
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