I have made my peace with "towing the line". If you just consider the words, it has some different shades of meaning than "toeing the line," but the same gener

I have made my peace with "towing the line". If you just consider the words, it has some different shades of meaning than "toeing the line," but the same general feeling. Instead of a pointless military drill ("toeing"), I like to conjure the image of a bunch of Egyptian slaves dragging stone blocks to build a pyramid ("towing"). Anyway, given the other solecisms out there, it will be a long road to hoe to stamp out "towing."