along the lines of

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

• on the lines of

Translations

similar to but not exactly equal

Arabic: عَلَى غِرَار‎ (ar) (ʿalā ḡirār) Egyptian Arabic: زي‎ (zai) Chinese: Mandarin: 這類的／这类的 (zhè lèi de), 類似的／类似的 (zh) (lèisì de) Finnish: siihen suuntaan, että (fi) Hungarian: olyasmi, -féle (hu), -szerű (hu) Polish: w stylu Serbo-Croatian: na pravcu (idiom), u smislu da (idiom) Swedish: i stil med

See also

• to the effect of

References

• along the lines of at OneLook Dictionary Search