step out of line
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The coaching staff are the teachers - and when players step out of line like that, then they have to bear some of that responsibility.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
"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
“There is this underlying mantra that you can’t step out of line, you can’t raise your voice and you can’t bring things forward that are troubling,” Stanley said in an interview on Tuesday.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022
More than 4 in 10 said police officers are held accountable when they step out of line.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022
He looked down and realized he’d been about to step out of line.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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