What does "keep in line" mean?

To make someone behave properly To ensure someone follows rules or behaves appropriately.

How do you use "keep in line" in a sentence?

The teacher keeps the students in line. Someone needs to keep him in line. It's hard to keep them all in line.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common Neutral

含义: To make someone behave properly

使人守规矩、管教

Hacer que alguien se comporte correctamente

規律を守らせる、きちんとさせる

규율을 지키게 하다, 단속하다

To ensure someone follows rules or behaves appropriately.

确保某人遵守规则或行为得当。

Asegurarse de que alguien sigue las reglas o se comporta adecuadamente.

人がルールに従い、適切に行動するようにすること。

누군가가 규칙을 따르거나 적절하게 행동하도록 하다.

Base verb: keep

Particle: in line

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

The teacher keeps the students in line.
老师让学生们守规矩
El profesor mantiene a los estudiantes a raya
先生は生徒たちに規律を守らせている
선생님이 학생들을 단속하고 있다.
Someone needs to keep him in line.
需要有人管教他
Alguien tiene que meterle en cintura
誰かが彼をきちんとさせる必要がある
누군가가 그를 단속할 필요가 있다.
It's hard to keep them all in line.
让他们全都守规矩很难
Es difícil mantenerlos a todos a raya
全員をきちんとさせるのは難しい
그들 모두를 단속하기는 어렵다.

语境: discipline, behaviour, control

语气: authoritative

From keeping soldiers in a straight line.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal