blur the line

verb

To minimize or erode the distinction between two things.

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Meanings

verbblur the line (third-person singular simple present blurs the line, present participle blurring the line, simple past and past participle blurred the line)

present singular third person blurs the line · participle present blurring the line · participle past blurred the line · past blurred the line · alternative blur the lines

  1. idiomaticoftenTo minimize or erode the distinction between two things.

    David Gaddis feels comics and animation are distinct forms. "Comics are still images you move through actively, whereas animations are images you sit back and experience passively," but even he admits web artists such as Demian 5 are blurring the line.

    2001 August 30, Tim Guest, “Working the web: Graphic novels”, in The Guardian
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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