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blur the lines

blur the lines is the alternative form of blur the line.

Meaning of blur the line

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 lines

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

Questions about blur the lines

What is blur the lines the alternative form of?
Blur the lines is the alternative form of blur the line.

Words near blur the lines in the dictionary

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

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