fine line
Definition of fine line
: a very small difference There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive. There's sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.
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: end, conclusion
: a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of lands
: a sum imposed as punishment for an offense
: to impose a fine on : punish by a fine
: free from impurity
: having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand
: very thin in gauge or texture
: finely: such as
: very well
: all right
: purify, clarify
: to make finer in quality or size
: to become pure or clear
: end
: a length of cord or cord-like material: such as
: a comparatively strong slender cord
: clothesline
: to mark or cover with a line or lines
: to depict with lines : draw
: to place or form a line along
: to cover the inner surface of
: to put something in the inside of : fill
: to serve as the lining of
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