Meaning

2 senses
  1. In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works.

    roter Faden, durchgängiger Handlungsfaden

  2. A railway route that passengers can take without needing to change trains.

Translations

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By meaning 1
theme that runs through the plot of a narrative work, or a series of such related works:

Origin

From through (“passing from one side of something to the other”, adjective) + line. Compar

From through (“passing from one side of something to the other”, adjective) + line. Compare Middle English thurghline (“a brail or buntline”).

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