cut and dried
21cut and dried — completely decided, prearranged The decision was cut and dried and nobody asked for our opinion …
22cut and dried — UK / US adjective if something is cut and dried, it is already clearly decided or settled …
23cut and dried — see cut …
24cut and dried — (of a situation) completely settled. [C18: orig. used to distinguish the herbs of herbalists shops from growing herbs.] → cut …
25cut-and-dried answer — clear reply, reply which is very straight and to the point …
26cut and dried — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. settled fixed, set, prepared. 2. routine unoriginal, ordinary …
27cut-and-dried — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, formulaic, garden, garden variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run of the mill, standard, stock, undistinguished,… …
28cut and dried — predetermined, set in advance …
29cut and dried — Prepared beforehand, got up for the occasion …
30cut and dry — or cut and dried 1. Ready made 2. Fixed beforehand, decided in advance • • • Main Entry: ↑cut cut and dried or cut and dry see under ↑cut • • • Main Entry: ↑dry …