along the lines of

English

Preposition

along the lines of

  1. Similar to, but not exactly equal.
    I was thinking along the lines of writing to the local paper, to see if we can get some reaction.
    • 2022 September 7, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 965, page 71:
      "The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'.
      "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.