hot line

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Idioms and Phrases

A telephone line that gives quick and direct access to a source of information or help. For example, Our state has an AIDS hot line in every county . This term was originally (and is still) used for a direct link between heads of government for use during a crisis, but was quickly extended to wider applications. [1950s]

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Example Sentences

She also started a newsletter called “Dead Heads” and managed the phone “hot line.”

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It turned him, but in the swirling and writhing readjustment Shawn's knife found Ben's forehead and drew a hot line downward.

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