Synonyms for draw a line
draw a line

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1. draw the line, draw a lineverb

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

   "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"

   Synonyms:
   draw the line

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1. • Restrict

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1. The Australian Women:

   I just think [speaking out] was the responsible thing to do. Above anything, I would like people to say, ‘Okay, she’s human,’ in the last two years I have worked every single day living and raising up an online community of people who supported each other ... I understand the confusion and the suspicion, but I also know that people need to draw a line in the sand where they still treat someone with some level of respect or humility — and I have not been receiving that.

2. David Clarke:

   It was the end-game, they created a definitive study that would draw a line under their involvement in the subject.

3. Bill Weber:

   Back then, the field of conservation was dominated by the fortress model: You draw a line, build a wall, hire guards and keep local people out, but it wasnt really working to stop poaching. There needs to be a real incentive for local people to care about conservation.

4. The Australian Women:

   In the last two years I have worked every single day living and raising up an online community of people who supported each other ... I understand the confusion and the suspicion, but I also know that people need to draw a line in the sand where they still treat someone with some level of respect or humility — and I have not been receiving that.

5. Pete Buttigieg:

   Anybody can have a water balloon; nobody can have a Predator drone, somewhere we're going to draw a line. And all we're saying ... is that we need to draw the line a lot tighter.