on the lines of

English

Preposition

on the lines of

  1. (idiomatic) Similar to, but not exactly equal.
    Synonym: along the lines of
    The Minister said something on the lines of, “I don’t care if it causes people to lose their jobs.”
    • 1921 November 23, Leonard Hatch, “My Heart Leaps Up”, in The Outlook:
      Just now he was wearing a suit of maple-syrup brown with faint but incontrovertible purple stripes. His coat was cut on the lines of one who plays Big Time in vaudeville, and was supplied with many pockets set in unexpected spots and at curious angles.
    • 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
      Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.

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