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What does cross the line mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cross the line? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
  2. (idiomatic) To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
  3. (cinematography) to film from the opposite side of an imaginary axis on set in order to view the actors from the opposite direction.
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Once back on level ground, a two-mile road run to the finish saw my team cross the line hand in hand and fairly emotional.
He flew of out of the blocks with a reaction time of 0.104 of a second to cross the line ahead of Chambers.
Even fewer newspapers editorialize when campaigns cross the line and set the record straight.
And it cannot cross the line into attempts to intrude on the court's authority and punish judges for making decisions one doesn't like.
So where, exactly, does personal publicity cross the line into outright hucksterism?
Not only was he the leading over 45, but he also beat the best of the over 40s to cross the line as the leading veteran.

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