Idiom
draw a line
Meaning
To delimit a boundary or border.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I draw a line at working on weekends.”
“The manager had to draw a line when the employees started arriving two hours late every day.”
“While he valued his team's creativity, he drew a line at any project that compromised the company's ethical standards.”
Examples
simple
“I draw a line at working on weekends.”
contextual
“The manager had to draw a line when the employees started arriving two hours late every day.”
complex
“While he valued his team's creativity, he drew a line at any project that compromised the company's ethical standards.”
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