toe the mark
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Overnight, he became the watchdog of the war effort, scourging shortages, prodding production, forcing the manufacturers, the Army & the Navy to toe the mark.
From Time Magazine Archive
Surrogate parents are hired who will be less subject to favoritism in making their children "toe the mark."
From Time Magazine Archive
They're all lined up to toe the mark on the start, but watch 'em straggle afore they've run a tenth of the distance.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
"That's what you'll get if you don't toe the mark," threatened Lafond, only too glad to avoid a scene.
From The Westerners by Stewart Edward White
If I held that office Colonel Colby would expect me to toe the mark all the time just as an example to the others.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Edward Stratemeyer
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