one's job is on the line

  • 1Walk the Line — Infobox Film name = Walk the Line producer = James Keach Cathy Konrad director = James Mangold writer = Gill Dennis James Mangold starring = Joaquin Phoenix nowrap|Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick music = T Bone Burnett… …

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  • 2toe the line — verb do what is expected (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑comply, ↑follow, ↑abide by • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * CONFORM, obey/observe the rules, comply with the rules, abide by the rules. → line * * * …

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  • 3List of New Zealand police officers killed in the line of duty — This is a list of New Zealand Police officers killed in the line of duty. As of 2009, 29 police officers have been killed by criminal act,[1][2] and about 17 have died from accidental causes, during the execution of duty. There has been one… …

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  • 4in the line of duty — {adj. phr.} Done or happening as part of a job. * /The policeman was shot in the line of duty./ * /The soldier had to clean his rifle in the line of duty./ …

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  • 5in the line of duty — {adj. phr.} Done or happening as part of a job. * /The policeman was shot in the line of duty./ * /The soldier had to clean his rifle in the line of duty./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6in the line of duty — phrase while working The police officer was killed in the line of duty. Thesaurus: employed and in employmenthyponym Main entry: line * * * while one is working (used mainly of police officers firefighters, or soldiers) * * * in the ˌline of… …

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  • 7line — 1 noun LONG THIN MARK 1 (C) a long thin, usually continuous mark on a surface: A wiggly line showed where the river was. | straight line: Can you draw a straight line? | dotted line (=a broken straight line drawn or printed on paper): Sign your… …

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  • 8The Law of Ueki Plus — Infobox animanga/Header name = The Law of Ueki PLUS caption = First page of the first chapter on Shōnen Sunday ja name = うえきの法則+ ja name trans = Ueki no Hōsoku + genre = Action, ComedyInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Tsubasa Fukuchi… …

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  • 9line — line1 linable, lineable, adj. lineless, adj. linelike, adj. /luyn/, n., v., lined, lining. n. 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page. 2. Math. a …

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  • 10JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism