Meaning

1 senses

  1. To behave conventionally, to follow the rules.

Origin

A reference to children's coloring books, which contain line drawings to be colored in.

A reference to children's coloring books, which contain line drawings to be colored in.

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Forms

colors inside the lines, coloring inside the lines, colored inside the lines, colored inside the lines
Base formcolor inside the lines · to color inside the lines
3rd person singularcolors inside the lines
Present participlecoloring inside the lines
Past simplecolored inside the lines
Past participlecolored inside the lines

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycolor inside the lines
he, she, itcolors inside the lines

Past simpleLesson

all personscolored inside the lines

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave colored inside the lines
he, she, ithas colored inside the lines

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill color inside the lines

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colonycolorA1colorfulA2colorfullycolossalcolossus
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