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toe the (party) line

Definition

to do what someone in authority tells you to do although you may not agree with it → See also the bottom line → See also dotted line → See also front line → See also hard line
(Definition of toe the (party) line from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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