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walk the line

1. To maintain a fragile balance between one extreme and another. i.e.: good and evil, sanity and insanity, decency and decadence, etc.
2. To behave; to abide by the the law and/or to abide by moral standards; to walk a straight path of decency by following the rules; to "walk the straight and narrow."

The latter definition is that applied in the song "Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash.
1. I walk the line between good and evil.

2. I used to be a drunken thug, but now I walk the line.
by Mede September 4, 2008
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Walk the line

1. To maintain a fragile balance between one extreme and another. i.e.: good and evil, sanity and insanity, decency and decadence, etc.
2. To behave; to abide by the the law and/or to abide by moral standards; to walk a straight path of decency by following the rules; to "walk the straight and narrow."

The latter definition is that applied in the song "Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash.
1. I walk the line between good and evil.

2. I used to be a drunken thug, but now I walk the line.
by Mede September 5, 2008
mugGet the Walk the linemug.

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