- a line made of dots (= small round marks)
- Country boundaries are shown on this map as dotted lines.
- A page break is represented as a dotted line on screen.
- Fold along the dotted line.
- Write your name on the dotted line.
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Idioms
See dotted line in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysign on the dotted line
- (informal) to sign a document to show that you have agreed to buy something or do something
- Just sign on the dotted line and the car is yours.
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