power line Meaning of "power line"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) cable used to distribute electricity

Usage(s):

  1. The KGB had replaced key circuit boards in the printers; it had also replaced the power line to the communications center.
  2. Chisinevschi quickly moved up the power line and today, by virtue of his wife's cozy relations with the Soviet embassy, bosses the government.
  3. The late GOP strategic wizard Lee Atwater designed the thing to give conservative Southerners a say in the presidential process and offer churchgoers a power line to the White House.
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