take a hard line

take a hard line (with someone)

Fig. to be firm with someone; to have a firm policy for dealing with someone. The manager takes a hard line with people who show up late. This is a serious matter. The police are likely to take a hard line.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ada	AY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish, Finnish)	English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Finnish
Shin	sheen	Japanese
Ondrej	-	Slovak
Yehiel	-	Hebrew
Titos	-	Biblical Greek
Sven	SVEN	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch