tow the line or toe the line

“Toe the line” has to do with lining your toes up on a precise mark, not with pulling on a rope. However if you have to take your kids along when you visit friends, you have them not in toe, but in tow.

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• swam vs swum
• any where vs anywhere
• resign vs re-sign
• ceasar vs caesar
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• extend vs extent
• ninty vs ninety
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Definitions

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• v  do what is expected

News & Articles

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• Trekking the Towpath: Back to nature with a bit of history
  As I start out on my hike from St. Helena Heritage Park in downtown Canal Fulton along the Towpath Trail, the first sound I hear is “Low bridge ahead,” as the steersman yells out while Prince and Dan — the two behemoth Percheron draft horses — tow the line that keeps the St. Helena III canal boat moving toward its destination at Lock IV park.
  June 10, 2013 - The Massillon Independent

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• The East goes for broke, but falls short
  The East is a suspenseful techno-thriller that takes a resourceful woman and forces her to toe the line between a dangerous anarchist collective and her far more dangerous big-business employers. She infiltrates anti-corporate cells, revealing their plans to their prospective victims, using her government training for entirely capitalist means.
  June 26, 2013 - Charleston City Paper
• The East goes for broke, but falls short
  The East is a suspenseful techno-thriller that takes a resourceful woman and forces her to toe the line between a dangerous anarchist collective and her far more dangerous big-business employers. She infiltrates anti-corporate cells, revealing their plans to their prospective victims, using her government training for entirely capitalist means.
  June 26, 2013 - Charleston City Paper