draw a line

1. 1.

   reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)

   “I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!”

   Synonymsdraw the line

   Broaderrestrict

Questions about draw a line

What does draw a line mean?

draw a line means "reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)".

What is another word for draw a line?

Close synonyms include draw the line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is draw a line a common word?

draw a 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.