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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Keep in line

i really have been tryin to keep my grades in line.

What does keep in line mean?

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Usually, you keep people (particularly children) in line - meaning ensure they behave as expected. When used with concepts other than people, you often see "in line with" - the earning reports were in line with predictions - they were even with, or what you would expect. In your case, I think it means keeping my grades up - not necessarily all top marks, but all good marks.

— BarbaraPA

  • Usually, you keep people (particularly children) in line - meaning ensure they behave as expected.
  • When used with concepts other than people, you often see "in line with" - the earning reports were in line with predictions - they were even with, or what you would expect.
  • In your case, I think it means keeping my grades up - not necessarily all top marks, but all good marks.
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Usually, you keep people (particularly children) in line - meaning ensure they behave as expected.

When used with concepts other than people, you often see "in line with" - the earning reports were in line with predictions - they were even with, or what you would expect.

In your case, I think it means keeping my grades up - not necessarily all top marks, but all good marks.
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search Yahoo with
"keep grades in line"
(quotation marks are important)
and you will find several related examples (not many)

basically: keep the grades up to a reasonable standard
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