give someone line

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To unreel more fishing line so that a hooked fish has more freedom to tire itself out.
    — Give him LINE, boy (as the trout rushed down into the shallows); into the water, boy! the line's nearly run out; it's nowhere up to your knees. Watch him! draw the line up; gently! give him line; give him line—thought so! —I feared so, ' as the line, becoming entangled from drawing it up, snapped, and the fish dashed on blindly into the shallows and stranded.
  2. To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her. dated,idiomatic

词形变化

gives someone line present,singular,third-person giving someone line participle,present gave someone line past given someone line participle,past

词源

Referring to the use of a fishing line.
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