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draw the line

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draw the line (at something)
to set a limit at something; to decide when a limit has been reached. You can make as much noise as you want, but I draw the line at fighting. It's hard to keep young people under control, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
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draw the line
to think of or treat one thing as different from another (often + between ) It all depends on your concept of fiction and where you draw the line between fact and fiction. So at what point do we consider the foetus a baby? We've got to draw the line somewhere.
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draw the line
to separate one thing from another It's not clear where this author draws the line between fact and fiction.
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It's all right about the dogs, but we must draw the line somewhere.
But it is not always easy to draw the line and decide to which class a play belongs.
It's necessary to draw the line somewheres, my fine feller,' replied the principal.
 
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