Definitions from Wiktionary (give someone line)
▸ verb: (fishing) To unreel more fishing line so that a hooked fish has more freedom to tire itself out.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, dated) To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her.
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▸ verb: (fishing) To unreel more fishing line so that a hooked fish has more freedom to tire itself out.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, dated) To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her.
Similar:
play,
angle,
whip,
cast,
get someone in a line,
reel off,
longe,
hook,
give someone enough rope,
Vang,
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