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plot line

–noun
Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion-picture script.

Origin:
1955–60
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plot line or plot·line   (plŏt'līn')
n.  
  1. A literary or dramatic plot; a story line.

  2. Dialogue essential to the development of a plot in a drama. Often used in the plural.

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