toe the line

Etymology
, with multiple competing etymologies and some theorizing the phrasing originated from the United States and others the United Kingdom.

Verb

 * 1)   To abide by the rules or conventions;  to follow the party line.
 * 2) * 1831,, Fragments of Voyages and Travels, reprinted from the London Literary Gazette in The Atheneum, 4th series, volume 1, page 188:
 * The matter, therefore, necessarily became rather serious; and the whole gang of us being sent for on the quarter deck, we were ranged in a line, each with his toes at the edge of a plank, according to the orthodox fashion of these gregarious scoldings, technically called ‘toe-the-line matches.’
 * 1)   To stand at one's mark before a footrace.
 * 2)   To be on a boundary or in a grey area between two states.
 * 3)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To stand at one's mark before a footrace.
 * 2)   To be on a boundary or in a grey area between two states.
 * 3)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To stand at one's mark before a footrace.
 * 2)   To be on a boundary or in a grey area between two states.
 * 3)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To stand at one's mark before a footrace.
 * 2)   To be on a boundary or in a grey area between two states.
 * 3)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.
 * 1)   To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line.

Translations

 * German: an der Linie ausrichten, nicht aus der Reihe tanzen, linientreu sein, an die Regeln halten, anständig benehmen
 * Hungarian:, , ,


 * German: Aufstellung nehmen
 * Hungarian: rajthoz áll, starthoz áll