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all along the line
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, all the way down the line . At every point, stage, or moment. For example, We've had problems with this supplier all along the line , or He's been very helpful all the way down the line . The line originally referred to a row of troops, but the expression has been used figuratively since the late 1800s. Also see somewhere along the line .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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