draw the line

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to refuse to do sth; to set a limit

   - Heavy petting. - We draw the line.

   I have no line.

In the movies · 9

• I have no line.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• ok... alright... so thats where well draw the lineTed2012
• - Heavy petting. - We draw the line.The Trip2011
• I draw the line at 50.Sex and the City2008
• This is where we draw the lineFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019
• You've got to draw the line.American History X1998
• Or do you draw the line at killing cops?Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Dad had to draw the line somewhere. You were so out of control.Purple Hearts2022

Learn it in full scenes

• The Trip2011
  • Steve and Rob Set Off
  • Steve and Rob Share a Room
  • The Michael Caine Impression Duel
• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet

From the same entry

• draw a blank
• draw blood
• draw breath
• draw fire
• draw a line under
• draw the short straw
• draw straws
• the battle lines are drawn
• draw a bead on
• at daggers drawn
• draw yourself up to your full height
• draw your horns in

More idioms

• that is
• that is to say
• along lines
• to the point
• do the math
• feel strange
• for a start
• for benefit
• would you believe
• give it up
• fuck me
• put your mind to