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HOT LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot line mean?
• HOT LINE (noun)
The noun HOT LINE has 1 sense:
1. a direct telephone line between two officials
Familiarity information: HOT LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A direct telephone line between two officials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hot line" is a kind of...):
line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)
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