Hello everyone!

along the very same lines

When do you personally used this phrase?
How often do you use it?
Do you recall yourself using it?

Thank you so much!

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Hello everyone!

along the very same lines

When do you personally used this phrase?
How often do you use it?
Do you recall yourself using it?

Thank you so much!

Answer

It's pretty common.  It its's just a way saying similarly.

Since our two companies operated along the same lines, we considered a merger.

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I've never used it

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I might use it when saying that one thing is similar to another, especially if the things I'm talking about are abstractions---not if they are concrete objects. I got a good example from ChatGPT: "I enjoy playing soccer and basketball. Along the very same lines, I also love playing volleyball".

That said, I don't recall ever using this phase in my life.

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It means "on the very same subject" or "thinking in the very same way". I don't use it, but other people do. It is common. The following are different, but used in a similar way:
"While we're on that subject, let me add ..."
"What you are saying reminds me of ..."
"Speaking of which,..."

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