line

/lɑɪn/

Definition

› a series of people, esp. members of the same family, following one another in time: He comes from a long line of doctors.

(Definition of line noun (SERIES) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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