toe the line

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtoe the linetoe the lineOBEYto do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not You toe the line or you don’t stay on the team! → toeExamples from the Corpustoe the line• You are put in a slot and expected to toe the line.• They didn't agree, but as government employees they had to toe the line.• And yet de Gaulle himself was remarkably confident that the army would toe the line.• It's only fair that if growers are doing their bit, other potential polluters must also toe the line.• They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line.• Gail realized that she had to toe the line if she wanted to keep her job.• He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.• Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked.

单词	toe the line
释义	toe the line From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtoe the linetoe the lineOBEYto do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not You toe the line or you don’t stay on the team! → toeExamples from the Corpustoe the line• You are put in a slot and expected to toe the line.• They didn't agree, but as government employees they had to toe the line.• And yet de Gaulle himself was remarkably confident that the army would toe the line.• It's only fair that if growers are doing their bit, other potential polluters must also toe the line.• They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line.• Gail realized that she had to toe the line if she wanted to keep her job.• He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.• Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked.
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