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colour inside the lines en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of color inside the lines.
    • “How will we be insured against being arrested?” Francine was clearly not finished with this topic. “You know that I don't always colour inside the lines. 2013, Estelle Ryan, The Dante Connection (Book 2): A Genevieve Lenard Novel:
    • I guess maybe it's because Al is more of a think inside the box type of guy. For Al you had to colour inside the lines. Different was too much for him but still that was uncalled for even for him. 2012, Timothy Parrant, Mary's Never War, →ISBN:
    • In all of these cases, the explicit goal is to ensure that children and teenagers will colour inside the lines, that their behaviour will stay within boundaries set by parents, educators, regulators, policy makers and/or technology developers. 2014, Simone van der Hof, Bibi van den Berg, Bart Schermer, Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coloured inside the lines Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coloured inside the lines Tense=Past lexicographic
colours inside the lines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
colouring inside the lines Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic