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across the line(s)
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in the United States of America.
See: line ((n.))(def. 2)
Quotations
1825
The landlord was demonstrating his claim to be considered a yankee from having been [a]cross the line on a smuggling expedition where he lost his whole venture.
1849
It was not mere theory. They saw prosperity on the other side of the lines. Products were across the lines worth 20 per cent more than here. Property 50 per cent more.
1958
Unions can't do anything without the okay from across the line.