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draw the line

verb as in set a limit

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Increasingly stretched consumers are starting to draw the line on what they will pay for a new car, according to dealers, analysts and industry data.

Left to her own devices by a pandering script, she alone draws the line where loneliness ends and freedom begins, keeping “Die My Love” from plunging completely into its self-made inferno.

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"How can we help them and where do you draw the line?" she asked.

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Schools that previously signed agreements are now drawing the line at this compact, which is an encouraging sign.

She even thought about diluting her treasured Sensodyne toothpaste, but drew the line there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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