英语词汇“to fall out of line”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to fall out of line.Cf. to fall out of —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2.

(i) Military. To fail to remain in formation; to break rank.

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1813 Bury & Norwich Post 19 May The French centre..gave way, broke their ranks, and fell out of line.

1868 J. K. Larke Life Gen. U. S. Grant l. 387 The men were beginning to fall out of line occasionally, entirely out of ammunition.

1905 Washington Post 7 Sept. 3/1 Many others [sc. veterans], weakened by age, fell out of line long before the journey was completed.

1994 R. P. Saller Patriarchy, Prop., & Death in Rom. Family (1997) vi. 139 An appropriate punishment..for a soldier falling out of line.

(ii) To become out of alignment or agreement; (now) esp. to fail to conform to prevailing or expected thinking or behaviour.

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1841 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 5 Mar. If one bank breaks it falls out of line, and the circulation of others fills its place.

1893 Observer (Bristol, Pa.) 19 Aug. France and Germany are losing step with the march of progress and must soon fall out of line if they do not imitate the example of Great Britain.

1933 Econ. Jrnl. 43 561 Wage rates in the latter fall out of line with wage rates in the former.

1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Mar. 20 You get the feeling that if people fall out of line and, say, wear yellow shirts,..the fashion police will rush right over to cover them with a Burberry.

2014 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 20 Mar. The players are pretty much left to their own devices on Twitter and only if and when they fall out of line do we pick them up on it.

单词	to fall out of line
释义	> as lemmas to fall out of line (b) to fall out of line.Cf. to fall out of —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. (i) Military. To fail to remain in formation; to break rank. ΚΠ 1813 Bury & Norwich Post 19 May The French centre..gave way, broke their ranks, and fell out of line. 1868 J. K. Larke Life Gen. U. S. Grant l. 387 The men were beginning to fall out of line occasionally, entirely out of ammunition. 1905 Washington Post 7 Sept. 3/1 Many others [sc. veterans], weakened by age, fell out of line long before the journey was completed. 1994 R. P. Saller Patriarchy, Prop., & Death in Rom. Family (1997) vi. 139 An appropriate punishment..for a soldier falling out of line. (ii) To become out of alignment or agreement; (now) esp. to fail to conform to prevailing or expected thinking or behaviour. ΚΠ 1841 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 5 Mar. If one bank breaks it falls out of line, and the circulation of others fills its place. 1893 Observer (Bristol, Pa.) 19 Aug. France and Germany are losing step with the march of progress and must soon fall out of line if they do not imitate the example of Great Britain. 1933 Econ. Jrnl. 43 561 Wage rates in the latter fall out of line with wage rates in the former. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Mar. 20 You get the feeling that if people fall out of line and, say, wear yellow shirts,..the fashion police will rush right over to cover them with a Burberry. 2014 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 20 Mar. The players are pretty much left to their own devices on Twitter and only if and when they fall out of line do we pick them up on it. extracted from fallv. < as lemmas
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