dotted line

1. 1.

   a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract

   “just sign on the dotted line”

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Questions about dotted line

What does dotted line mean?

dotted line means "a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract".

Is dotted line a common word?

dotted line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.