falls in line
Joins the queue
Falls in line means to conform or comply, especially after initial resistance.
The image is of someone joining a formation, taking their proper place among others.
After some grumbling, the dissenters fell in line behind the new policy.
To fall in line with something is to align oneself with it, accepting authority or convention.
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- goes alongAccepts or cooperates
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
unity · subordination · pecking order · conformity · structure · control · alignment · standardization · toes the mark · assimilation · group think · adherence · organization · governance · submission · regulation · obey · leadership
falls in linerebels
Armed opposition fighters
defies · resists · steps out of line · disobeys · pushes back
falls in linedisrupts
Interferes with normal operation
rocks the boat · sabotages · throws a wrench in the works · destabilizes · undermines
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