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draw a line

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Verb1.draw a line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"
draw the line
confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"


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In that sense we are certainly all not infrequently like madmen, but with the slight difference that the deranged are somewhat madder, for we must draw a line.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
He had half a mind to draw a line or two upon the board, and show himself what he meant.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
If the courts is to be chalked out in white, I can draw a line so straight that you could hardly keep yourself from erecting an equilateral triangle on it.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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