step out of line

If you step out of line and do something we don’t like, we could just ignore you.

Warnock added: "He's got a sense of 'I don't want to cross him'. You have to have a fear factor when you play for a manager so you don't step out of line."

“If they step out of line they face being returned to closed conditions immediately,” they said.

Flustered, I step out of line to Google “Behr prmeium.plus vs. detnasty reddit,” and gesture to the next person to go ahead.

Mr Bulmer suggests the new legislation is a missed opportunity for proper regulation with penalties for managing agents who step out of line.