draw the line

Speech parts

1. draw the line - Verb

2. draw the line - Phrase

Meaning

reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

draw a line limit restrict restrain delimit demarcate take exception draw a line in the sand draw a line under apply a limit create boundaries clearly separate fix a boundary mark the frontier set a boundary

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Antonyms

accept admit acknowledge accord acquiesce overstep

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Hypernyms

trammel limit bound restrict throttle confine

Examples

Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them? Orson Scott Card

People should be very free with sex, but they should draw the line at goats. Elton John

Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line. Tacitus

Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far. Paul McCartney

Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other So with sanity and insanity. Herman Melville

We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth. Theodore Roosevelt

Words in the phrase

draw the line

Close letter words and terms

draw the curtains draw the fire upon oneself draw the inference draw the long bow draw the longbow draw the map