hard line

1. 1.

   a firm and uncompromising stance or position

   “the governor took a hard line on drugs”

   Broaderposition

Questions about hard line

What does hard line mean?

hard line means "a firm and uncompromising stance or position".

Is hard line a common word?

hard line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.