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assembly
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mass production system
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bottom
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The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
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bottom
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The summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.
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bright
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A clear distinction in the context of a legal or moral judgment.
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drop a
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A note or telegram.
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drop a
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On the telephone.
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fine
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A difference, albeit vague and difficult to discern.
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in
line
On a queue; waiting one's turn for something.
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in
line
Positioned in a straight
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in
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Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules.
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in
line
To assume a position in the future.
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bright-
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rule
A clear-cut, easy to make decision.
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bright-
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rule
A clearly defined rule or standard, comprised of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation.
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cross the
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To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
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cross the
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To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
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draw the
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To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate.
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drop somebody a
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To write, call or visit somebody.
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fall in
line
C. 2004, Career Soldiers, "Won't Waste My Life".
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fall in
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To submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform.
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line
one's pockets
To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.
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on the
line
In a contest or enterprise.
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on the
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On a level with the eye of the spectator; said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
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out of
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Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate.
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toe the
line
To abide by the rules or conventions.
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walk the
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To behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control.
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walk the
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To maintain an intermediate position between contrasting choices, opinions, etc..
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walk the
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To mark or secure a boundary by walking along it.
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walk the
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To participate in the procession at a graduation ceremony; to graduate.
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bottom of the
line
The worst, the most lackluster, or lowest quality currently on the market, especially among selections in a product
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end of the
line
Final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
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end of the
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The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
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hook
line
and sinker
completely
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hook,
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and sinker
Naively or unquestioningly.
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line
in the sand
A defining moment, a cutoff point.
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somewhere along the
line
At some unspecified time; eventually or once; at some point.
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to give a person
line
To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the
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top of the
line
The best, fanciest, or highest quality, especially among selections in a product
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lay it on the
line
To state something, for example an ultimatum, strongly and clearly.
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sign on the dotted
line
To formalize an agreement.
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cross off
To strike out; to cross out; to draw a
line
through.
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cross out
To strike out; to draw a
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drop back
Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the
line
of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
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rule out
To cross an item out by drawing a straight
line
through it, as with a ruler.
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strike through
Partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous
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through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
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as the crow flies
In a straight
line
distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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farmer's tan
The tan
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left by clothing, especially, by a short-sleeved shirt.
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go by the board
To estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted
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to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the
line
as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.
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landing strip
A cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical
line
or rectangle.
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off message
deviating from party
line
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off the chain
Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly
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