toe the mark
Example Sentences
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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
How can I toe the mark unless I get some sleep?
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
"How would to-morrow do?" asked Paul, only too anxious himself to ascertain how the boys would "toe the mark."
From The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership by George A. Warren
Well, every mother’s son of ’em will toe the mark.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
