hard-line

If you draw a hard line around the $100,000 mark, your dating pool will shrink considerably.

Netanyahu drew a hard line in the talks, demanding Hamas capitulate and shifting his focus to resolving the conflict through military action rather than diplomacy.

Australia's home affairs minister told Sky News at the time the government took "a hard line on people who seek to come to our country and spread division".

“So that was a focus point for him, making sure he can hit a hard line drive on a pitch up in the zone, not necessarily trying to elevate it more than he needs to.”

It is a significant shift, a softening of hard lines previously drawn by both sides.