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  • 11cut-and-dried — {adj. phr.} Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing. * /The decision of the judge was cut and dried./ * /The ways of the king s court were cut and dried./ * /People at the convention heard many cut and… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 12cut-and-dried — {adj. phr.} Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing. * /The decision of the judge was cut and dried./ * /The ways of the king s court were cut and dried./ * /People at the convention heard many cut and… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13cut-and-dried — adj. phr. Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing. The decision of the judge was cut and dried. The ways of the king s court were cut and dried. People at the convention heard many cut and dried speeches …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 14cut-and-dried — /kut n druyd /, adj. 1. prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut and dried decision. 2. lacking in originality or spontaneity; routine; boring: a lecture that was cut and dried. Also, cut and dry. [1700 10] *… …

    Universalium

  • 15cut and dried — adjective a decision or result that is cut and dried cannot now be changed: I think we can say that the result of the election is now cut and dried …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16cut and dried — adjective a) simple, straightforward, clear, or certain Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut and dried answers. b) decided, set, settl …

    Wiktionary

  • 17cut and dried — the answers to such questions are not always cut and dried Syn: definite, decided, settled, explicit, specific, precise, unambiguous, clear cut, unequivocal, black and white, hard and fast …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18cut-and-dried — also cut and dry adjective Date: 1710 being or done according to a plan, set procedure, or formula ; routine < a cut and dried presentation > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19Cut and dried —   If something is cut and dried, then everything has already been decided and, in the case of an opinion, might be a little stale and predictable …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 20cut and dried — simple, not complex, open and shut    For me, the choice was cut and dried. I chose the Peugeot …

    English idioms

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