Usually means: Set a definitive limit or boundary.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. draw the line: Merriam-Webster
  2. draw the line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. draw the line: Collins English Dictionary
  4. draw the line: Vocabulary.com
  5. draw the line: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. draw the line: Wiktionary
  7. draw the line: Dictionary.com
  8. Draw the Line (Aerosmith album), Draw the Line (David Gray album), Draw the Line (Ghetto Mafia album), Draw the Line (song), Draw the line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. draw the line: Rhymezone
  10. draw the line: FreeDictionary.org
  11. draw the line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. draw the line: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. draw the line: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. draw the line: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw the line: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw the line: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw the line: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (draw the line)

verb:  (idiomatic) To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate.

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