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Drawing the line before someone else draws it for you, badly.
means A precise outlining or description of something — tracing its exact shape, boundary, or detail in words or lines.
from From Latin delineare, 'to sketch out' — de- (completely) plus lineare, 'to draw a line,' from linea, 'line' (itself tied to linum, 'flax thread,' since early lines were literally pieces of string pulled taut). The word entered English in the 1500s meaning a drawn outline or diagram, and only later stretched to cover verbal sketches — describing something so clearly you've effectively drawn its edges with words.
- root
- from Latin linea, meaning line
- used in
- maps, laws, job descriptions, divorces
- not to confuse with
- outline, which is lazier
- best friend
- precision, its chattier cousin