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blur the line

blur the line verb: to minimize or erode the distinction between two things.

Verb

blur the line (third-person singular simple present blurs the line, present participle blurring the line, simple past and past participle blurred the line)

  1. (idiomatic, often) To minimize or erode the distinction between two things.
    • David Gaddis feels comics and animation are distinct forms. "Comics are still images you move through actively, whereas animations are images you sit back and experience passively," but even he admits web artists such as Demian 5 are blurring the line.2001 August 30, Tim Guest, “Working the web: Graphic novels”, in The Guardian

Forms of blur the line

third-person singular presentblurs the line
present participleblurring the line
past participleblurred the line
pastblurred the line
alternative formblur the lines

Questions about blur the line

What does blur the line mean?
Blur the line means to minimize or erode the distinction between two things.
What part of speech is blur the line?
Blur the line is a verb.
What is the past tense of blur the line?
The past tense of blur the line is blurred the line.

Words near blur the line in the dictionary

  1. bluntslide
  2. bluntslides
  3. BLUP
  4. BLUPs
  5. blur
  6. blur the line
  7. blur the lines
  8. BluRay
  9. blurb
  10. blurbable
  11. blurbage

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