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hard-line

adjective
\ ˈhärd-ˈlīn \

Definition of hard-line

: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
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hard-liner \ ˈhärd-​ˈlī-​nər \ noun

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1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard-line was in 1903

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