fall in line

But members of the appointed state board did not fall in line.

At the University of Cincinnati, the president said that he had “little choice” but to fall in line.

It laid out a new federal anti-discrimination enforcement policy, threatening to pull federal dollars from schools that do not fall in line.

Many Democrats embraced identity politics and Republicans fell in line with Donald Trump’s reinvention of the party with nationalist populism that spoke to working-class grievances against globalization and immigration.

For Trump, the episode gave him a chance to show the rest of Latin America the risks they face if they do not fall in line with his deportation plan.