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{
"form": "draws the line",
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "drawing the line",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "drew the line",
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},
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"form": "drawn the line",
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}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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"text": "I don't mind if they have some fun, but I draw the line at anything that might harm others.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1991 December 11, Tom Redburn, “Labor Standards: Where Britain Drew the Line”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN",
"text": "By contrast, the British government draws the line at giving the Community a significant new role in setting minimum standards on working conditions, labor representation on corporate boards, and social affairs.",
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}
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"To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "cross the line"
},
{
"word": "draw a line in the sand"
},
{
"word": "draw a line under"
},
{
"word": "red line"
}
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "sætte grænsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "vetää raja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "eine Grenze setzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "Stopp sagen"
}
]
}
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{
"form": "drew the line",
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"form": "drawn the line",
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"word": "cross the line"
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"word": "draw a line in the sand"
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"word": "draw a line under"
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"word": "red line"
}
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"ref": "1991 December 11, Tom Redburn, “Labor Standards: Where Britain Drew the Line”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN",
"text": "By contrast, the British government draws the line at giving the Community a significant new role in setting minimum standards on working conditions, labor representation on corporate boards, and social affairs.",
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],
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"To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate."
],
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],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "sætte grænsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "vetää raja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "eine Grenze setzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a boundary",
"word": "Stopp sagen"
}
],
"word": "draw the line"
}
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