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Draw a line

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Verb
  1. 1
    To delimit a boundary or border. figuratively, idiomatic, often

    "2008: Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, Chapter VII How to strike this balance —deterring China, on the one hand, accommodating its legitimate growth, on the other— is the central strategic challenge for American diplomacy. The United States can and should draw lines with China. But it should also recognize that it cannot draw lines everywhere."

  2. 2
    reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) wordnet

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