Idiom
sign on the dotted line
Meaning
To formalize an agreement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You must sign on the dotted line to finish the deal.”
“Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure you read all the terms of the contract carefully.”
“After months of difficult negotiations, the company representatives finally met to sign on the dotted line and finalize the merger.”
Examples
simple
“You must sign on the dotted line to finish the deal.”
contextual
“Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure you read all the terms of the contract carefully.”
complex
“After months of difficult negotiations, the company representatives finally met to sign on the dotted line and finalize the merger.”
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