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all along the line

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all along the line

At every step or stage. Mistakes were made all along the line, and that's why the promising new company went out of business so quickly.

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all along the line

  also all the way down the line

at every stage in a process The project's been plagued with financial problems all along the line. Managerial mistakes were made all the way down the line.

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all along the line

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.

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all along the line

1. In every place.

2. At every stage or moment.

See also: all, line