step out of line
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If you step out of line and do something we don’t like, we could just ignore you.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
Flustered, I step out of line to Google “Behr prmeium.plus vs. detnasty reddit,” and gesture to the next person to go ahead.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024
That means no outside sanctions or point deductions when clubs or fans step out of line - a bark but perhaps no real bite.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
"That is why it is so important from Warsaw's perspective not to step out of line and create a larger coalition," he said.
From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2023
Not once did he step out of line.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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