draw a line between

Idioms  

1. Also, draw the line between. Define a limit between two groups, courses of action, or the like. For example, Legally it's important to draw a line between private and public enterprises, or We'll have to draw the line between our department's different jurisdictions. This metaphoric idiom was first recorded in 1793. Also see draw the line at.

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draw a line between

Yet even when corporate boards are tempted to draw a line between an executive’s personal issues and their professional capabilities, “you can’t divorce them,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"It is important to draw a line between what is happening in the Middle East and what is happening at home," Mahmood told BBC Breakfast on Friday.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Some of this he talks out with an ethnographer named Mark de Rond who suggests that it’s empowering to draw a line between good and evil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

Here, we have to draw a line between the removals and the detention.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025

On paper, I draw a line between us.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes