Ancestor/ Descendant PLUS "tote the line"
Alison Murie
sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Mon Nov 20 03:47:49 UTC 2006
>"Ancestor" transparently means "descendant" here. This usage, though not
>this example from a Ph.D., has appeared here before.
>
> "Tote the line" means "toe the line." Nowadays.
>
> JL
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No, I wasn't at a loss over these exx.( I have myself contributed examples
of "towing" the line.) I thought you were including the:
>> Dr. Turner has taught communications at Harvard and MIT and is
>> currently head of undergraduate communications programs at Stanford.
as another example.
AM
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