give somebody a line

I could give you a line on him, but he's dead.

The star at the end has been given more lines to look less like a cross.

"Stand away from him and give me a clear line of sight."

"Today is not a good day to give me straight lines, Paul."

Give me a line on what happened before we came in.

There are only three witnesses who could have given a positive line back to him, but not one of them's any good.

He thought I might be able to give him a line to work on.

If you give me a dramatic line, that's what's going to be in the lead.

"Just press that button and it will give you an outside line."

I gave it a line to itself in the notebook.