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
How can I toe the mark unless I get some sleep?
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
If you want to make the best of it, toe the mark.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver
I tell you what it is, Mansfield, what the boys need is to go to some good boarding school, where they’ll be under strict discipline and have to toe the mark.
From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Davenport, Spencer
