line, verb intransitive

/laɪn/
Origin:
Isicamtho, AfrikaansShow more Isicamtho, origin dubious: perhaps related to Afrikaans ’n lyn sny to run away, to move off quickly.
slang
Especially in township English: to walk; to leave, to move off; to run away; to cut a line, see cut.
1979 A.P. Brink Dry White Season 178‘You know I don’t keep drink in the house,’ she said. ‘Well, let’s line,’ he said to Ben. ‘We can fill up at a shebeen.’
1982 Sunday Times 4 July 21When he saw her, he said she was already dead. ‘I told Gerry we had better “line” (walk).’
[1982 D. Bikitsha in Rand Daily Mail 14 Oct. (Eve) 5[In Isicamtho] to walk assumes names like: mova, nyauka, line, tleri, slice, dak or digosh.]
Especially in township English: to walk; to leave, to move off; to run away; to cut a line, see cut.
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