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
Young man," said the Colonel, "if you fail I'll make you toe the mark.
From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
They're all lined up to toe the mark on the start, but watch 'em straggle afore they've run a tenth of the distance.
From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton
Still, for sure, Bill made a man toe the mark.
From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir
