draw the line

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To draw the line is to decide how far is far enough and refuse to go past it. Draw the line at that.

It takes at before whatever is refused. Where to draw the line is the real question in almost every argument about rules.

Definitions of draw the line

1phrasedraw the lineTo decide how far is far enough, and refuse to go past it.B2
“He will lend money but will draw the line at signing for a loan.”

draw the line is a phrase.

Practised in Idioms