do a line dance

/duː ə laɪn dæns/

verb phrase

  1. to perform a choreographed dance in which people stand in lines and repeat the same steps, usually without holding hands

    B1

    intransitive; usually used with a, the, or a specific dance nameinformal

    • "We did a line dance at the party."A2
    • "Everyone got up to do a line dance when the music started."B1
    • "The instructor showed us how to do a line dance to a traditional country song."B2

Common mistakes

  • make a line dance→do a line dance

    Use do, not make, for performing this type of dance.

Collocations

do a country line dancelearn a line danceline dance stepsline dance routinecountry music line dance

Word family

line dancingline dancerdanceline dance