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draw the line
idiom
C2
to never do something because you think it is wrong: 绝不做
I swear a lot, but even I draw the line at saying certain words.我经常说脏话，但即便如此有些话我绝不会说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
oppositional
opt
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
rebel
refuse
regret
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
wash your hands of somethingidiom
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
draw the line | American Dictionary
draw the line
idiom
to put a limit on what you will do or allow to happen, esp. because you feel something is wrong:
I’ll do whatever my company asks me to, but I draw the line when someone asks me to lie for them.
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