toe the mark
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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
To make an individual of Mr. Jerome Devonhough’s subtle intellect and masterful will toe the mark was going to be no easy matter.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
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
"Ted is afraid that Madame will make her toe the mark," Hubert said teasingly.
From Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by George, Vesper L.
