along the line

idiom

informal
: during a process or series of events : at some point in the past
He seems to have lost his interest in music somewhere along the line.

Examples of along the line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Walz moved along the line of students, laughing and posing for photos, but made no public reports at the airport. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024 Somewhere along the line, a mutual connection might have thought: Aren’t X and Y both weirdly into Steely Dan? Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024 The work is necessary because of several failures along the line in recent years; the park service said more than 85 major breaks occurred since 2010. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024 Those employees likely assumed paperwork existed showing that the plug and bolts had been removed, and that paperwork would prompt someone else along the line to install the bolts. Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for along the line 

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“Along the line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/along%20the%20line. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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