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verb draw a line under a word ADV. heavily The word ‘not’ was heavily underlined. emphasize sth ADV. clearly | just, merely, only, simply This disaster merely underlines the need for a consistent foreign policy. | further VERB + UNDERLINE serve to | seem to | be intended to a move intended to underline US concern over the issue PHRASES underline the fact that …
Oxford Collocations Dictionary