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Definition of Draw the line
1. Verb. Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on). "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"
Generic synonyms: Bound, Confine, Limit, Restrain, Restrict, Throttle, Trammel
Definition of Draw the line
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw The Line
Literary usage of Draw the line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"Draw the two closing chords of the open n'gons composing the 2n'gons ; and, if
these chords intersect in a point p, draw the line xx which is polar of p in ..."
2. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"draw the line ce parallel with and at a distance r from the line A B. Then the
crossing c is the center of the required circle that will tangent the given ..."
3. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"... describe another arch CAD, cutting the former in С and D ; through С and D
draw the line CD, which will pass through the centre of the circle ; in like ..."
4. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1826)
"Through another point L of the line AB, draw the line LM parallel to CD which
will meet EF in M, and form the triangle ELM, having its angles respectively ..."
5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"It is probable, therefore, that the Buddhist priests knew (just as well as the
Japanese fishermen) where to draw the line. One day, as we were rolling ..."
6. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"I don't want to claim too much, and I draw the line at the creation of man.
But if you want to ring the morning stars into the prospectus, all right! ..."
7. Mechanics Magazine (1824)
"Or, we may also perform this problem without dividing D Б in the point F ; for,
if we draw a second parallel, as GH, and draw the line GE and HD, ..."
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