toe the line
Example Sentences
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Vitello earned a reputation as a brash, fiery leader with unmatched people skills whose teams toed the line between confident and cocky.
For the first time, the 40-year-old running legend will toe the line at the New York City Marathon.
That said, Aurienne does toe the line between aloof and arrogantly unlikable.
From Los Angeles Times
They successfully toe the line between staying faithful to the established formula and the need to innovate just enough to keep it modern, while not diluting the charm with vapid pop-culture references.
From Los Angeles Times
With multiple ongoing crises and an increasingly unstable world, the United States needs journalists who refuse to toe the line more than ever.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
