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Definition of Toe the line
1. Verb. Do what is expected.
Definition of Toe the line
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To abide by the rules or conventions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toe The Line
Literary usage of Toe the line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"... half an inch behind the level of the tarso-metatarsal joint of the great toe.
The line of the joints between the metatarsal bones and the first ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"... half an inch behind the level of the tarsometatarsal joint of the great toe.
The line of the joints between the metatarsal bones and the first phalanges ..."
3. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"The first players in the rows rise from their seats on a given signal, toe the
line at the head of their aisle, and catch the ball, ..."
4. Landmarks medical and surgical by Luther Holden (1876)
"... the internal cuneiform bone and the metatarsal bone of the great toe The line
of the calcaneo-cuboid joint lies midway between the external malleolus ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... the center of the sole from heel to toe. The line AB is drawn through the
center of the instep, or great arch of the foot, and bisects the great-toe. ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... the center of the sole from heel to toe. The line AB is drawn through the
center of the instep, or grc-at arch of the foot, and bisects the great-toe. ..."
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