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
Aw, the Deemster's made many a man toe the mark, but I'm thinking he'll have to stand to it when the big day comes.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
And I'll be happy to take charge of the same 'sponsibility, and if he don't toe the mark, it's mesilf that will make him.
From Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them by Lowell, Orson
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 Stratemeyer, Edward
