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fluff one's lines

See: BLOW ONE'S LINES.

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blow one's lines

[blow one's lines] or [fluff one's lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. * /The noise backstage scared Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[between the lines] See: [READ BETWEEN THE LINES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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