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
"Do we know anyone who can make Navy Operations toe the mark?"
From If at First You Don't... by Brudy, John
If he had, he'd have put Jack on to it, in spite of all Pauline's money; but since it's too late for that I must toe the mark.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
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)
