toe
verb /təʊ/
/toʊ/ Definition
toe the line C2 to do what you are ordered or expected to do: Ministers who wouldn't toe the party line were swiftly got rid of.Custom, tradition and conformity
(Definition of toe verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backward-looking adjective
- backwards adverb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- classical adjective (TRADITIONAL)
- fashion noun (POPULAR STYLE)
- folk adjective
- folk memory noun
- folklore noun
- follow the crowd idiom
- mainstream noun
- multicultural adjective
- multiculturalism noun
- nonconformist noun
- norm noun
- observe verb (OBEY)
- orthodoxy noun
- reactionary noun
- unorthodox adjective
- zeitgeist noun
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