draw a line
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globalneutral
- To mark with a pen, pencil, or other implement by producing a continuous stroke.
globalneutral
- To cross out or cancel text or an entry by making a line through it.
globalneutralinformal
- To set a limit or boundary, especially to indicate a point beyond which one will not accept behaviour or action.
- To make a firm decision to stop tolerating something; to refuse further compromise or indulgence.
globalneutral
- To distinguish or separate two people, groups, ideas, or categories by establishing a clear difference between them.
globalformalliterary
- To make a clean break with the past; to mark the end of one period and the beginning of another.
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