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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Cross the line

If someone is talking very rudely, which one is appropriate to say, "You crossed a line or You crossed the line."? I think idiomatically people say "cross the line" in those cases, but is there any case where we can say, "You cross a line."? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much and have a good day.
  

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crossed the line. "cross a line" does not figure in any idiom that I know of. It would be taken literally.

— CalifJim

  • crossed the line.
  • "cross a line" does not figure in any idiom that I know of.
  • It would be taken literally.
  • CJ
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... crossed the line.

"cross a line" does not figure in any idiom that I know of. It would be taken literally.

CJ
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