out of line

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

out of line

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of,‎ line.

   I lost my place when I had to get out of line to find you.

2. (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate.

   I hope my comments yesterday were not out of line.

3. Disobedient, not following orders or order.
   • 1984 December 29, Charlie Shively, “Medieval Latin Poems of Male Love and Friendship (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 10:

     Pope Innocent III […] led a crusade against the out-of-line Albigensians in Provence.

4. Not in a line, straggly.

Synonyms

• out of order

Translations

inappropriate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不合適／不合适 (zh) (bù héshì)

• Dutch: ongepast (nl), buitensporig (nl)
• Estonian: kohatu (et)
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi)
• German: abweichend (de), neben der Spur (idiom), unpassend (de)
• Italian: fuori luogo (it)
• Lithuanian: ne vietoje
• Macedonian: несоо́дветен (nesoódveten), неу́месен (neúmesen)
• Polish: niewłaściwy (pl)
• Romanian: deplasat (ro)
• Russian: не к ме́сту (ru) (ne k méstu), неуме́стный (ru) (neuméstnyj)
• Tagalog: wala sa tikma

Not in a line

• German: verstreut (de), (locker) verteilt
• Maori: tīreureu