get a line on somebody/somethingespecially American EnglishAmE informal to get information about someone or something 获得有关某人/某事的消息 We need to get some kind of a line on these guys. 我们需要了解一下这些家伙的情况。
get a line on somebody/something• Have we got any kind of line on that guy Marston?
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