draw the line

1. 1.

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

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

   Synonymsdraw a line

   Broaderrestrict

Questions about draw the line

What does draw the line mean?

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

What is another word for draw the line?

Close synonyms include draw a 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 the line a common word?

draw the 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.