line-upnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/us/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/a group of people that has been brought together to form a team or take part in an event:
Several important changes are expected in the line-up for Thursday's game.
We've got a star-studded line-up of guests on tonight's show.
Bryan Bulaga is back in the starting line-up for the Packers.
US UK identity parade a row of people, including a person who is believed to have committed a crime, who are shown to a witness (= person who saw the crime) to find out if the witness recognizes that person
US the order in which the players in a baseball team hit the ball
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- wing
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