Usually means: Set a definitive limit, boundary.
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  1. draw a line in the sand: Collins English Dictionary
  2. draw a line in the sand: Wiktionary
  3. draw a line in the sand: Dictionary.com
  4. draw a line in the sand: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. draw a line in the sand: Legal dictionary
  2. draw a line in the sand: Financial dictionary

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  1. draw a line in the sand: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw a line in the sand: Medical dictionary

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  1. draw a line in the sand: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (draw a line in the sand)

verb:  (intransitive) To lay down a challenge; to provide a test of commitment (often one which carries a high risk) to a cause.
verb:  To create a real or artificial boundary or distinction between (two places, people or things).
verb:  To indicate the threshold or level above which something will become unacceptable or will provoke a response; to create a boundary and imply or declare that its crossing will provoke a (negative) response.

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