get a line on sb MAINLY US
to find out information about someone that you do not know:
I've been trying to get a line on the guy they've nominated with no luck.

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get a line on
get a line on (someone/something)
[American]
to get special information that will help you find someone or do something.
Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left.

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get a line on something
get a line on (someone/something)
[American]
to get special information that will help you find someone or do something.
Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left.

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get a line on
v. phr. To receive special, sometimes even confidential information about something.
Before Bill accepted his new position, he got a line on how the business was being run.

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get a line on someone
get a line on (someone/something)
[American]
to get special information that will help you find someone or do something.
Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left.

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