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hard line

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hard lineadjective

    a firm and uncompromising stance or position

    "the governor took a hard line on drugs"

  2. hard-line, hardlineadjective

    firm and uncompromising

    "a hard-line policy"

Wiktionary

  1. hard linenoun

    A firm stance or policy on which one will not compromise

Wikipedia

  1. hard line

    In politics, hardline or hard-line is an adjective describing a stance on an issue that is inflexible and not subject to compromise. A hardliner is a person holding such views. The stance is usually far from the centrist view. People, policies, and laws can be considered hardline. A hardliner may be either a reactionary or a revolutionary. Synonyms for hardliner include diehard, hawk, extremist, fanatic, or zealot. The term is almost always relative to the Overton window of a given time and place.

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  1. hard line

    A hard line is a firm, uncompromising policy or position that someone adopts on a particular issue. It generally means a strict, inflexible approach or stance especially in politics or foreign policy.

Wikidata

  1. Hard Line

    Hard Line is a 1985 album by the American band The Blasters.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard line in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hard line in a Sentence

  1. Sajad Jiyad:

    He can't be seen to be ignoring his partners, ignoring the coalition, ignoring the public... (otherwise) he could lose his coalition. He could face a vote of no confidence, abadi loses nothing by taking a hard line on Turkey.

  2. Global Times:

    If Trump continues to escalate trade tensions with China, we cannot rule out the possibility that China will strike back by adopting a hard-line approach targeting Dow Jones index giants.

  3. Suzanne Maloney:

    There's still frustration and an overwhelming skepticism toward the administration and its ability to hold a hard line with respect to Iran.

  4. Peter Fortenbaugh:

    We're giving them time, but we are drawing a hard line in the sand that if you want to be present with students, you will have to have the vaccine.

  5. John Catanzara:

    If we suspect the numbers are true and we get a large number of our members who stand firm on their beliefs that this is an overreach, and they're not going to supply the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 % or less for this weekend coming up, that is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

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