Draw the line definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Draw the line definition: to know at what point an activity or situation stops being reasonable and starts to be... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations ... 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EnglishGrammar CollinsApps drawthelineinAmericanEnglish ordrawaline tosetalimit SeefulldictionaryentryforlineWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. drawthelineinAmericanEnglish toimposearestriction;limit Theymightexaggeratebutwoulddrawthelineatoutrightlying SeefulldictionaryentryforlineMostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd drawtheline toknowatwhatpointanactivityorsituationstopsbeingreasonableandstartstobeunacceptable Itisdifficultforcharitiestoknowwheretodrawthelinebetweenacceptableand unacceptablesourcesoffinance. tonotdoaparticularactivity,becauseyoudisapproveofitorbecauseitissoextreme I'lldovirtuallyanything–althoughIthinkI'ddrawthelineatrunningnaked acrosstheset! 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