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HTML

<a href="#">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br/>
consectetur adipiscing elit,<br/>
sed do eiusmod tempor</a>

CSS

a {
    color: #000;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 20px;
    line-height:40px;
    position:relative;
    
}
a:before {
    
    content:"";
    position:absolute;
    cursor:pointer;
    left:0px;
    top:0px;
    width:100%;
    height:400%;
    /*background-color:#666;*/
    
}