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[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

language nerd stuff

just want to say how much I appreciate you getting the right "toe" here. I've managed to stop correcting people who use "tow" but it still bugs me because it's the wrong visual metaphor and it changes the meaning!

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

oh so it’s supposed to be some daffy duck “don’t cross this line!” type shit? I never realized lol

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

yep!

(cw: NATOpedia)

"Toe the line" is an idiomatic expression meaning either to conform to a rule or standard, or to stand in formation along a line. Other phrases which were once used in the early 1800s and have the same meaning were "toe the mark" and "toe the plank".