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  1. line in the sandnoun

    a defining moment, a cutoff point.

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  1. Line in the Sand

    Line in the sand is an idiom, a metaphorical (sometimes literal) point beyond which no further advance will be accepted or made.

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  1. Line In The Sand

    SG-1 tries to defend a planet from the Ori by hiding its people in another dimension. Vala attempts to convince her husband Tomin of the Ori's true motives.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of line in the sand in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of line in the sand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of line in the sand in a Sentence

  1. Mark Stephens:

    I think they just kind of cut their losses, so I think it probably was right of both parties to draw a line in the sand and … close this particular case.

  2. Nicholas Rolnick via email:

    There are many cuffs on the market but my line in the sand is a pneumatic cuff that can be inflated either automatically or manually( like a blood pressure cuff), each of these types of cuffs can carefully measure the amount of blood is restricted to increase safety profile. This is very important because as BFR continues to grow, more cuffs are going to enter the marketplace that may not be adequate or appropriate.

  3. Donald Trump:

    We went from mistakes in Iraq to Egypt to Libya to President Obama’s line in the sand in Syria.

  4. Evan Greer:

    We need to draw a line in the sand and ban governments from using this technology before its too late. We know that members of Congress are currently drafting legislation related to facial recognition, and we hope they know that the public will not accept trojan horse regulations that line Jeff Bezos pockets at the expense of all of our basic human rights.

  5. Ron DeSantis:

    We have drawn a very clear line in the sand that says our school system is for educating kids not indoctrinating them.


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