toe the mark
Example Sentences
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Surrogate parents are hired who will be less subject to favoritism in making their children "toe the mark."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Then with the same charred stick he drew a mark on the floor and called for sopranos, alto, bass, and tenor to toe the mark.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
Well, every mother’s son of ’em will toe the mark.
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
Young man," said the Colonel, "if you fail I'll make you toe the mark.
From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
