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dotted line
noun
- a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
- a line at which a sheet of paper is perforated or a piece of it is to be detached.
dotted line
noun
- a line of dots or dashes on a form or document
- sign on the dotted lineto agree formally, esp by signing one's name on a document
Word History and Origins
Origin of dotted line1
Idioms and Phrases
- sign on the dotted line, to agree fully to terms or conditions.
- signature on the dotted line, full agreement to terms and conditions.
Example Sentences
A blue dotted line signifies a water route and light blue shows a winter-use trail.
The dotted lines are ideal for you to record your thoughts, and the thread binding allows the notebook to lay flat for easier writing.
When you hover your mouse cursor over the dotted lines in the featured snippet, Google will overlay content from a third-party site.
When they do, they’ll find themselves moving in positive directions toward new revenue streams and technologies, and it all starts with signing on the dotted line — as long as it’s carefully vetted.
Dimly luminous trams were gliding amidst a dotted line of lamps, and two little trains crawled into Waterloo station.
The piece shown at B is to form the lower end of the spool, and is bent at right angles along the dotted line.
Then he drew a dotted line from Earth to the planet they were now on.
Point C is obtained by drawing the dotted line across where the outline curve meets the stem.
Where the dotted line from b' meets vertical line b, another dot is made, as at B, and so on until the point G is found.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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