I'd like to include all numbers below 10, and exclude all numbers above 10. So I'd like to ____ at 10. (make the cut? put the limit?)
I'm feeling that the expression has to do something with cutting, but I can't find the right words.
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Sign up to join this communityI'd like to include all numbers below 10, and exclude all numbers above 10. So I'd like to ____ at 10. (make the cut? put the limit?)
I'm feeling that the expression has to do something with cutting, but I can't find the right words.
I'd like to draw the line at 10.
draw the line (at something): to set a limit at something; to decide when something has been reached.
You could use many synonyms for the verb "end":
break off, call it quits, call off, cut off. end, halt, knock it off, lay off, terminate
How about
I'd like to stop at 10?
or
I'd like to limit it to 10?