Walk the Line
What it means
Keep to the rules or behave correctly, often with visible effort involved.
Where it comes from
Johnny Cash made the phrase famous in 1956, and it already carried the sense of staying on a narrow path. Roadside sobriety tests use a real line for the same idea.
The puzzle it came from
Walk the Line was the answer to the Phrasicle of August 21, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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cow
milk
shake
off
switch
smoking
hot
dog
walk
way
after
life
line
dance
floor
sock
puppet
show
time
travel
Phrasicle: Walk the Line