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
Oliver Cromwell loved her dearly, but he and her father had their hands full trying to make Dick "toe the mark."
From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various
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)
All of us were made to toe the mark except Adele.
From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster
