0 the fact of being very severe, for example in refusing to allow something or to give people what they want: --
The government wants to take a hard line against the strikers.
1 extreme and severe and not likely to change: --
a hard-line manifesto
a hard-line politician
His hardline stance appears to have gained him greater popularity with the public.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.