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Forbid to draw the line wrong (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

rule out

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'forbid' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'draw the line wrong' is the wordplay.
'draw the line' becomes 'rule' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wrong' becomes 'out' (eg a calculation might be 'out').
'rule'+'out'='RULE OUT'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rule out that I've seen before include "Dismiss from consideration" , "Exclude as irrelevant or inadmissible" , "Decide against" , "Exclude as a possibility" , "Eliminate from consideration - using drawing stick?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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