toe the mark
Example Sentences
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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
Surrogate parents are hired who will be less subject to favoritism in making their children "toe the mark."
From Time Magazine Archive
And the old lady magpie looked at him out of her little black eyes as much as to say: "I wish I had that bunny boy to bring up, I'd make him toe the mark."
From Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures by Barbour, Harold S.
It's becoming in the young," she said, piously; then, with a cheerful gleam, "but all old women should be defiant—yes, they should study a dictatorial style, and make the young ones toe the mark.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
Aw, the Deemster's made many a man toe the mark, but I'm thinking he'll have to stand to it when the big day comes.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
