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Meanings of toe the line in English

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Usage of toe the line in English
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It's far easier to toe the line and not rock the boat.
The Irish Times
2
And look out any non-Myer staff member who doesn't toe the line.
News.com.au
3
If Jackie Robinson could toe the line than why can't Russell Westbrook?
The Guardian
4
How eagerly they toe the line and look up at the starter!
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
5
Yet there are signs that Pakistan will be willing to toe the line.
Reuters
6
Supposing you had to toe the line of four-meals-a-day in a country vicarage.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
7
If you want to dibble dabble, so be it, but toe the line.
Ebony
8
What could be in it for them to toe the line?
The Guardian
9
You've got to toe the line or you get cut off.
Touching darkness
10
US: They don't like journalists in China very much, unless they toe the line.
The Irish Times
11
Most just toe the line and try to get by as best they can.
Exit wound
12
But in my position, I'm expected to toe the line.
Back on murder
13
Call her back, discipline her; make her toe the line.
An Englishwoman's Home
14
But when it comes to policy he's going to have to toe the line.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
15
She is bound to toe the line with the rest.
The Great Prince Shan
16
Not Barque, who would not toe the line; nor Blaire, the miser-hewouldn't understand.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
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