Meaning of step out of line | Babel Free

Definitions

To break the rules of society.

figuratively

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Examples

“It starts when you're always afraid / Step out of line, the man come and take you away”

“By recalling the lynching and imagining that as the “rightful” place for black men who step out of line, Jesse, the sheriff, can collect his nerves sufficiently to confront the demonstrators”

“If you step out of line and indulge in immoral acts, you're breaking the contract with your fellow citizens.”

“We have been conditioned from early childhood to be afraid; if we step out of line we will not be accepted.”

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