along the lines of
In that vein
Along the lines of means similar to or in a manner resembling: I was thinking of something along the lines of a potluck dinner.
The phrase suggests approximation rather than exact correspondence—you're indicating a general direction or type without committing to specifics: She said something along the lines of "mind your own business".
- something likeApproximate comparison phrase
- as ifSuggesting something hypothetical
- likeComparable to, or enjoy
- comparableAble to be likened
- as thoughIndicating apparent resemblance
akin · in the same vein · analogous · similar · resembling · cut from the same cloth · approximate · matching · pattern · corresponding · equivalent · close to · in the ballpark · example · formulation · near · expression · idiom
- Samenessalike, similar, likeness, resemblance, matching
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost