| 单词 | to sign on the dotted line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sign on the dotted line P1. to sign on the dotted line and variants: to sign a document, esp. a contract, thereby indicating acceptance of its terms; (figurative) to agree fully or formally to something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] > fully or formally to sign on the dotted line1901 1901 Insurance Press 7 Aug. 10/2 Look at the applicant sign ‘on the dotted line’—and keep cool. 1937 Daily Herald 5 Feb. 19/7 When the [football] talk was of transfer and things, and when Childs..had just signed on the dotted line for Luton. 1958 Times 13 Oct. 11/6 Far from being content to ‘sign on the dotted line’ he [sc. King George VI] insists on knowing why. 1994 States News Service (Nexis) 27 Sept. This is frankly a pretty revolutionary step that Republicans have taken. We've signed our names on the dotted line making a commitment that we're going to have a vote on term limits. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man ii. 5 Do I have your consent? I am not going to ask you to sign on the dotted line, but do we have your consent to proceed? < as lemmas |
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