fluff one's lines

See: BLOW ONE'S LINES.

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blow one's lines

[blow one's lines] or [fluff one's lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. * /The noise backstage scared Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[line] See: [BLOW ONE'S LINES] or [FLUFF ONE'S LINES], [CHOW LINE], [DOWN THE LINE], [DRAW A LINE] or [DRAW THE LINE], [DROP A LINE], [END OF THE ROAD] or [END […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[read between the lines] {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer's meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some kinds of poetry make you read between […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

between the lines

[between the lines] See: [READ BETWEEN THE LINES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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