toe the mark
Example Sentences
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Surrogate parents are hired who will be less subject to favoritism in making their children "toe the mark."
From Time Magazine Archive
Overnight, he became the watchdog of the war effort, scourging shortages, prodding production, forcing the manufacturers, the Army & the Navy to toe the mark.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I held that office Colonel Colby would expect me to toe the mark all the time just as an example to the others.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward
I always supposed that he just rode around under the trees and made outsiders toe the mark.'
From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
"That's what you'll get if you don't toe the mark," threatened Lafond, only too glad to avoid a scene.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
