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feed a line
feed somebody a line
(informal) to tell someone something which may not be completely true, often as an excuse She fed me a line about not having budgeted for pay increases this year.
See feed to the lions
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Voirrey | | - | Manx |
| Imrus | | - | Hungarian |
| Stanimir | | - | Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic |
| Swanhild | | - | German |
| Melanie | | MEL-ə-nee (English), ME-lah-nee (German) | English, German, Dutch |
| Bieito | | bee-AY-taw | Galician |