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The phrase "inside the lines" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to staying within boundaries or limits, often in a literal or metaphorical sense. Example: "As a child, I was always encouraged to color inside the lines to create a neat picture."
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But Hollywood comedies still color inside the lines of conventionality.
Baghdatis was blasting balls all over the court, but rarely inside the lines.
On a recent morning she sat at the kitchen table and practiced coloring inside the lines.
But we can only control what goes on inside the lines, and we've done a good job of that".
He will stay inside the lines, but don't look for him to give "Brokeback" a total pass.
But the constraint proved inspiring: it forced users to color inside the lines, but wildly, weirdly, freely.
The kids who do like life inside the lines can find the flow within that green-and-white geometry.
Novak Djokovic can seem to hit every ball back just inside the lines, baiting opponents to try for too much.
People always underestimate how hard it is to stay inside the lines, before you even get to the shading part.
"He is emotionally, mentally and physically prepared, and a warrior inside the lines," Katz said of Sosa.
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In fact, she's terribly hard on herself; in this portrait she is the cautious, color-inside-the-lines child in a family of creative dynamos.
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