Cap and Line

Cap

Cap noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

Usage example: a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive

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Line and cap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Cap".

Nearby Words: caps, capped, capping

Line noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

Usage example: you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior

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Cap and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cap" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

old	old cap	old line
full	full cap	full line
similar	similar cap	similar line
certain	certain cap	certain line
Other adjectives: current, standard, original, simple, small, actual, real, hard, big, little, black, famous, white, yellow, classic, different, literal, iconic.

The line and level counters will cap at 999; you'll reach the cap on those a very long time before you reach the score cap.

Source: Cap
Cap gives him a chance and when he steps out of line, clocks him and tells him to leave.

Source: Story-Breaker Team-Up
It's slightly foreshadowed throughout (the autographed Starter cap, the "dragged to the back of a trunk" line, etc.) before more direct hints are given, and then it's revealed as a whole.

Source: Music / Eminem

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