I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cut of meat (= a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal )
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Cheaper cuts of meat can be tough.
a cut/reduction in expenditure
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There has been a marked reduction in expenditure on some social and welfare services.
a drop/cut in salary (= a reduction in salary )
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He couldn’t afford to take a drop in salary.
a newspaper clipping/cutting (= a story cut out of a newspaper )
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I found some old newspaper cuttings of the band's first concert in Liverpool.
a pay cut
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Staff were asked to take a 10% pay cut.
a price cut/reduction
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Holiday sales were down, even with drastic price cuts.
a round of cuts (= when a government or a company reduces the size or amount of something )
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The President is likely to approve a new round of cuts in military forces.
a salary cut (= a decrease in someone’s salary )
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The workforce agreed to take salary cuts.
a wage reduction/cut
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Those who kept their jobs had to take large wage cuts.
an engine cuts out (= stops suddenly )
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The engine keeps cutting out.
be cut (free) from the wreckage
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She had to be cut free from the wreckage by firemen.
be cut off by the tide (= become trapped as the sea rises )
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Two anglers had to be rescued after getting cut off by the tide.
be cutting a tooth (= have one of your first teeth growing )
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Poor little Patrick was cutting another tooth and we had hardly had any sleep.
break/cut/tear sth in half (= into two equal pieces )
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He tore the paper in half.
budget cuts (= reductions in the amount of money that is available )
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The department has suffered severe budget cuts.
cold cuts
cookie cutter
cookie cutter
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the cookie cutter approach of the urban renewal programme
crew cut
cut a corner (= not go all around the edge of a corner )
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I crashed into a motorcyclist who had cut the corner.
cut a deal informal (= agree a deal, especially when it is difficult or you have to accept some things you would rather not accept )
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In they end, they had to cut a deal with the Communinsts.
cut a key (= make one )
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Could you get a key cut for me?
cut a slice
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He cut another slice of bread.
cut a swathe through
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We cut a swathe through the dense undergrowth.
cut and dried
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I don’t think the plan is as cut and dried as people think.
cut consumption (= reduce it )
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a plan to cut energy consumption by 40%
cut down a forest
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The forest was cut down to make way for housing.
cut flowers
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Make cut flowers last longer by changing the water in the vase.
cut glass
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a cut glass decanter
cut in line (= go in front of other people who are waiting )
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He tried to cut in line .
cut off in...prime (= died while she was in her prime )
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a young singer who was tragically cut off in her prime
cut off the electricity (= stop the supply of electricity )
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You risk having your electricity cut off if you fail to pay the bill.
cut off/withdraw aid (= stop giving aid )
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The US has threatened to cut off aid to the region.
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Conditons deteriorated further as western aid was withdrawn.
cut out the middleman (= avoid using a middleman )
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Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman .
cut sb out of your will (= change your will so that someone is no longer given anything when you die )
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His father cut her out of his will.
cut sb’s hair
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My Mum always cuts my hair.
cut sb’s salary (= reduce someone’s salary )
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They will cut salaries before they cut jobs.
cut sth into slices
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Cut the orange into thin slices.
cut the apron strings
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You’re 25 years old, and you still haven’t cut the apron strings .
cut the cost (= reduce it )
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The government has promised to cut the cost of medical care.
cut the crap (= used to tell someone to stop saying things that are completely wrong )
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Just cut the crap and tell me what really happened.
cut the grass
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The grass in the back garden needs cutting.
cut the red tape
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The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers.
cut the umbilical cord
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Teenage boys especially feel a need to cut the umbilical cord tying them to their mothers.
cut up
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He was very cut up about Stephen dying.
cut your nails
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You should cut your nails more often!
cut/divide etc sth into pieces
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She cut the cake into four equal pieces.
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Chop the potato into bite-sized pieces.
Cut...into quarters
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Cut the cake into quarters .
cut/lower/reduce a price
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The company recently cut the price of its best-selling car.
cut/reduce a bill
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We need to find a way to cut our fuel bill.
cut/reduce emissions
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an agreement to cut emissions of gases which contribute to global warming
cut/reduce expenditure
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Their policies are designed to cut public expenditure.
cut/reduce spending
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The alternative is to cut spending.
cut/reduce traffic
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The congestion charge did cut road traffic in central London.
cut/reduce/lower a rate
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The Halifax Building Society is to cut its mortgage rate by 0.7 percent.
cut/saw wood
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A local carpenter cut the wood to size.
cut/sever ties
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He said that he planned to sever his ties with the club.
cut...shaving
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Brian had cut himself shaving .
cut/slice bread
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Could you cut some bread?
cutting board
cutting edge
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research that’s at the cutting edge of genetic science
cutting room
director's cut
drastic cuts
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drastic cuts in government spending
give...a cutting edge
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The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge .
have your hair cut/done/permed ( also get your hair cut etc ) (= by a hairdresser )
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I need to get my hair cut.
job losses/cuts
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The factory is closing, with 600 job losses.
lower/cut/reduce taxes
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There’s no point promising to cut taxes if you can’t afford it.
need a (good) wash/clean/cut etc (= ought to be washed, cleaned etc )
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His hair needs a wash.
power cut
press cutting
reduce/cut a deficit
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We must drastically cut our budget deficit to sustain economic growth.
reduce/cut imports
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New investment will reduce imports and save jobs.
reduce/cut pollution
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New measures are needed to reduce pollution from cars.
reduce/cut sth by half (= make something 50% smaller or 50% less )
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The company has reduced the number of staff by half.
reduce/cut/bring down unemployment
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The government is spending more on projects to cut unemployment.
sharply reduce/cut sth
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These measures could sharply reduce pollution from road traffic.
short cut
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Carlos decided to take a short-cut home.
sweeping changes/cuts/reforms etc
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They want to make sweeping changes to education policies.
tax cuts
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He believes that big tax cuts will encourage economic growth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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A worn braid feels rough and is best cut away and the line joined by a blood knot.
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Early last year, the city cut away some of the brush in the nesting area to try to disperse the birds.
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No one, as far as I know, has ever before cut away the wing of a submerged big jet.
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As such trees were inevitably scattered, it required a very wide territory, but its wilderness was slowly cut away .
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Triton shells are frequently found in shrines, and with the narrow end cut away to make a mouthpiece.
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He carefully cuts away the spines and skin protecting the seedy red fruit within, affording a sloppy stolen treat.
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Where a lawn is involved, cut away the turf and loose topsoil.
back
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In mid-1981 Virgin was doing badly; the company had made redundancies and the roster was being cut back .
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Louis equation has been cut back a bit. 19.
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All the geraniums in their pots had been cut back .
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Take the stairs. Cut back on those juicy burgers.
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Over the past few months, governments have been considering action to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Banks got into the act when they realized that they too could cut back their exposure to a dangerous and cyclical world.
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Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
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If patrons cut back their purchases by less than 10 percent, we would say that demand is inelastic.
down
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Thousands of High Elves were cut down by crossbow fire as they waded ashore.
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As they approached the first little island, Claude cut down on the power and turned north along the shoreline.
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Here I cut down several of the largest trees with my knife, and made two wooden boxes.
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I had a sense that this was a much longer project that was cut down to a more commercial length.
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Although it cuts down on your freedom, Steves now recommends making make reservations at least a few hours in advance.
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This cuts down both the necessary search and the number of candidates found to be allowable.
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And then, only an inning later, his catcher threw hard to second base, trying to cut down a steal.
in
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There was some reference to a letter and that was quite enough to make Charity cut in at once.
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Ask Vlosich a question and one of his parents will cut in before the kid has a chance to speak.
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For an anxious moment Ace waited for the suit's air system to cut in .
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But, at the very least, we want to be cut in on the deal.
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A small pair of scissors that will cut in awkward little corners, etc..
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Other players assume they must be guests, or members, or have, at worst, cut in .
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Ace felt a tremor as the attractors cut in and anchored the boots to the station.
off
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His angry partners cut off his access to all bank accounts and halted payment of his share of the monthly profits.
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We were a little bit cut off because we were in our own house.
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Clinton: Leading a campaign to cut off sales of cigarettes to minors.
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Many of them were also completely cut off from the normal trading conditions that enable people to exercise choice.
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I would feel cut off and inadequate whenever my family prayed together.
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Thus a number of sections become cut off from the entrances and these might well not be reopened.
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And, to make matters worse, it cuts off all medical benefits to their spouses and children.
out
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What's more you can cut out the coupon opposite and get your first pack at around half price.
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Of course, if you have a fax at home, you can cut out the middleman.
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They had a sheet showing a car park and also cars to cut out .
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They have their work cut out for them.
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The easiest form of discrimination is to cut out all those outlets and publications which will obviously not be interested.
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Jamie simply was not cut out for it.
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Gedamke had cut out the answers and pasted them one on top of another.
short
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Hyacinth thought it best to leave with him at once, soas to cut short the unpleasantness.
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However, Bantle would not rule out the possibility that the mission could be cut short if the system is not repaired.
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Focus Charles had earlier cut short two engagements in the Midlands to get to the school on time.
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Those early repayments, or prepayments, cut short the lives of mortgage securities and can reduce their returns.
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When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800.
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He cut short a vacation and rushed back to Washington to meet with Ford.
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She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone.
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A muscle pull cut short his training.
through
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These hairs have been driven into the wound but not cut through - you see?
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Every time I saw them cut through so many widths of material at once, my blood went cold.
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The suspense is cut through when he walks out on them.
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The hallway extended about three feet to the right, where the archway to the living room cut through .
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Lead pipes are easy to cut through with a hacksaw.
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When it was cut through , nothing happened.
■ NOUN
bone
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It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone .
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These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was.
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Budgets are tight and subject to sudden change, and inessentials, such as maintenance, are cut to the bone .
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To carve the joint, stand it with the ribs underneath, cut away the chine bone and discard.
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Rose, whose own profits were already cut to the bone to get the order, knew that she was on trial.
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His mockery, which he meant as love, frightened and cut her to the bone .
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Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone .
budget
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The education budget was cut by 19 percent overall in January 1989 and a further 25 percent in June.
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And when budgets are cut , marginal programs are the first to go.
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But the museum is desperately short of cash, having had it's budget cut since 1985.
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Dole has pledged to balance the federal budget and cut taxes.
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But it is bound to be expensive, and defence budgets are being cut .
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Its budget has been cut by 40 percent from its fiscal 1995 level, resulting in staff firings and program reorganizations.
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Then we got significant budget cuts here on our district.
corner
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They hadn't learned to cut quite so many corners .
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No one will care if the administration cuts logical corners over so-called rogue states or fading dictators.
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Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
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Therefore I manage it judiciously, trying to cut every corner that I can.
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But still we cut no corners .
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He cut a lot of corners , but even with editing, it affected her.
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We were all turning gently to port as I cut the corner and was slowly closing on the Hun.
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Leese turned harder left and cut the corner of the turn that Shaker had taken, wagging the tail again.
cost
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Mr Gummer unveiled a series of measures to cut costs at slaughterhouses.
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Lower prices forced the industry to cut costs and develop more efficient technology.
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They cut costs and became more productive.
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Further, because it is cheaper to obtain equipment and staff in bulk, they can cut costs .
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They also revealed that employers were trying to cut costs on essential precautions such as vaccination and protective equipment and clothing.
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Hospitals industrywide have been facing pressures from insurers to cut costs amid declining patient stays.
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Its aim was to cut operating costs .
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It was a way to cut costs and run a city, town or state more cheaply.
costs
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The companies will merge technology platforms, which will be more efficient and cut costs .
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Even if they do not cut effective costs , they will bring about changes in patterns of demand for services.
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In other words, insurers cut costs by making it harder to get medical services.
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Mr Gummer unveiled a series of measures to cut costs at slaughterhouses.
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Banks across the country tied the knot as a way to cut costs and boost earnings.
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Tony Durham Mains signalling is both a domestic luxury and a way to cut industry's energy costs .
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Many firms are increasingly contracting out administrative services positions and otherwise streamlining these functions in an effort to cut costs .
deal
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Rather than cut shabby deals , he should call a general election.
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Grateful Dead guitar guru Jerry Garcia may be dead, but he can still cut a deal .
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The message is that the government will cut a deal with any threatened industry willing to pay through the nose.
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Or Republicans could try to cut a deal with congressional Democrats in the hope that Mr Clinton would come aboard later.
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Why not cut a deal , before it was too late?
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When they let me speak, I cut a deal .
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The president and Congress cut a deal on a balanced budget that exempts military spending from any cuts.
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But, at the very least, we want to be cut in on the deal .
figure
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In return, the Church cut a somewhat uncertain figure .
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It was natural that she should cut a poor figure in the Iliad, where the battle of heroes is the theme.
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On the ramp he cut a frankly glamorous figure , where he moved like a series of elegant decisions.
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No violinist ever cut a more unprepossessing figure .
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Diana cut a nondescript figure in her checked shirt, her sister's anorak, cords and wellington boots.
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Still, he cuts and appealing screen figure .
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Those we recall with greatest fondness, all cut their figures against a wider, more luminous backdrop than mere office.
finger
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The burr will prevent a proper fitting being made and can also cut your fingers .
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Still, what if one of them fell, cut a finger , banged a head?
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He'd cut my fingers off if I used it.
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In early December, Aesop cut his finger opening a can of cling peaches.
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The rough metal edge cut into his finger tip.
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It never broke cleanly but flaked apart into strands that cut their fingers if they weren't careful.
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Keep a packet of pitta bread in the freezer, heat up under the grill from frozen and cut into fingers .
grass
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The object was further testing of the radiometer using different illumination levels and cut grass subjects.
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Mulchers cut and recut the grass clippings so that they virtually disappear within the lawn.
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You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it and be rich like white men.
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The lawn had been freshly cut , some grass raked into piles on the front walk.
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We cut grass with a ride-on mower and dead head if not growing for seed.
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Quentin Featherston cut the grass of the rectory lawns again.
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We won't be able to cut the grass the week after next, as I'd hoped.
hair
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Her hair is red, cut with a machete, and her face is china white.
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Leanna had had almost all her hair cut off.
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Hair by Scissors Boyish cuts retain their charm. Hair is cut to the ears and the fringe finger ruffled.
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His hair had been cut , and it became him.
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His thick white hair was cut short and unevenly, so that in parts it stood up in clumps.
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I had had my hair cut to maintain the Dorothy Hamill wedge style.
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Another has her hair cut in a short crop, dyed a deep pink.
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I wash your intimate places, pull your white hairs , and cut your nails.
half
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Galley cut the deficit in half at 7: 13 on their third power play.
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Yahoo's stock price has been cut by half since last summer, but it's an overreaction, the company says.
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It said said contamination levels must be cut by half within five years.
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Traders of interest-rate futures are pricing in a half-point cut in the first half of this year.
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Now cut the tomato in half from stem top to bottom.
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Industry could cut this amount in half in five years, according to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
head
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He cut off its head with his sword. and this would seem quite reasonable; but could I write this?
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When the whale is cut up, the head resembles that of the mysterious Sphynx.
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The death squad published a statement claiming they would cut off the head of every Committee member.
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They catch you they cut your head off.
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Harvest tip Instead of harvesting the whole cabbage, cut the head leaving a short stump.
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Leese and I sat at the bottom of the vertical tunnel he had cut , our heads swiveling on nervous lookout.
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I mean it's not as though Charles actually cut Paul's head off.
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Maybe he could feign amnesia, or just cut the reading and head for home.
ice
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The fact it was an out-of-character performance for this season cut no ice .
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High-sounding jargon or pointless platitudes cut little ice when one is alert to the actual message being conveyed.
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When they could, his companions cut ice and thawed it for water needed in the daily mass.
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None of which cut much ice with Manchester United, who controlled this match from start to finish without breaking sweat.
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But it was for a reason that would cut no ice with Jean-Claude and so I did not put it to him.
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We planned to cut ice bollards and ice threads to save our precious supply of abseil gear.
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This had always been the fall-back position, but at this late stage in the argument it cut no ice .
interest
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But it rebounded almost twice as far on news that the Fed had cut interest rates.
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Governments cut interest rates to spur demand.
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Financial analysts now say the Bundesbank may choose to cut interest rates, wark against inflation, not an economic spur.
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He says he will cut interest rates on short-term investments to below inflation, thereby discouraging speculation.
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I would have cut interest rates very sharply now to three or four percent.
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Markets expect that the Fed will soon cut interest rates again.
job
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As it cut jobs the company was hit by strikes, in 1986 and 1989.
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UniChem said it would take a 26 million pound charge to cut jobs and consolidate the two companies if the merger succeeds.
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The airline cut 600 managerial jobs in December.
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Manufacturers cut jobs during November in response to weak consumer spending.
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is to cut 950 jobs at its plant in Crewe, Cheshire.
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He said the company probably will also use the money to cut jobs through a voluntary retirement scheme.
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In part two: Clean round the bend.Sweepers offer to take take a pay cut to keep their jobs .
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Merrill Lynch traditionally cuts jobs in January following the end of its fiscal year.
knife
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Working quickly, he used his knife to cut strips of cloth from the man's clothing.
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Use the sharp knife to cut off the crusts.
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He took out his knife and cut a swathe to the hollow.
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A mile out of town his father stopped the mules and then got out his knife to cut each boy a sample.
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Take a sharp knife and cut the roll into four equal lengths.
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Using a small cleaver or a large, heavy knife , cut the hind leg across the bone into 2 pieces.
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Dot didn't like watching that two-fingered hand as it grasped the knife to cut the dumplings.
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I took a knife and cut off the upper joint of my left pinky.
length
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If the outlet is directly over the pipe, simply cut the pipe to length and push it over the outlet connection.
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They are displayed whole at meat counters or are cut into short lengths and packaged.
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He cut off his shoulder length hair, put on a suit, and started dealing with bankers.
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This fastening can be cut to any length as it is available by the metre or sold in pre-packed form.
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An immigration-reform measure pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee would cut the length of employment to three years, but Sen.
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They were straightened, then cut to length on a saw, drilled, and placed adjacent to their assembly points.
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The aluminium tube is then cut to length as required with a hacksaw.
line
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A worn braid feels rough and is best cut away and the line joined by a blood knot.
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If we could cut off these lines of communication, their attack would usually falter.
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Maybe - I cut off that line of thinking.
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Ask another student volunteer to cut along the line .
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Energis cut the lines to Ezesurf last week because of non-payment.
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The movement for ballot initiatives has cut across party lines .
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The fisherman cut their lines and set sail for port, but the sea serpent continued to follow them.
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Slabs irregularly cut with jagged lines where sections had dropped off.
loss
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Cawthorne cuts his losses and goes somewhere else.
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Killeen has cut multimillion-dollar maritime losses in half.
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I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker.
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As for Richard, take my advice and cut your losses .
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Slashing costs and hiking insurance rates cut its loss against 1991 by a thumping £84 million.
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Try the risky, potentially spectacular shot, or cut his losses and play safe?
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I believe he must cut his losses on a number of individuals.
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Once he learned to ride his gains and cut his losses , he never looked back.
number
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They help to cut down the number of acne bacteria in the blocked-up grease glands and reduce painful inflammation.
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While air bags do cut down the number of deaths and injuries, they are not completely effective.
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Since it seems they are not to be permitted to cut student numbers , they are attempting to increase income.
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The pension fund plans to cut in half the number of outside managers, Mr Burnham added.
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The recession has cut the number of Thames's commercial customers and has virtually killed off profits from selling redundant properties.
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For example, we cut the number of aircraft out for maintenance at any given time by three fourths.
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He expects the Fed to cut rates a number of times in the coming months.
pay
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Some big firms have cut the pay of senior executives in a move to impress on humbler employees that times are tough.
percent
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But the staffing has been cut by twelve percent over the last three years.
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The maximum rate for individuals was cut from 50 percent to 28 percent.
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Supplies of liquefied gas fell 20 percent in June and exports were to be cut by 60 percent in the third quarter.
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The battle escalated recently when United Airlines announced it would cut commissions 20 percent , from 10 to 8 percent.
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Cereal prices would be cut by 35 percent , beef and butter by 15 percent and milk by 10 percent.
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Its budget has been cut by 40 percent from its fiscal 1995 level, resulting in staff firings and program reorganizations.
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Lead, mercury, cadmium and dioxin levels were to be cut by 70 percent by 1995.
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Imagine what anyone would feel if they were getting their salary cut by 85 percent .
piece
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One would stand on a chair and cut a piece off at mealtimes.
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Remove rabbit, separate meat from bones, discard bones, cut meat into bite-sized pieces and set aside.
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Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces , who pierced the dragon?
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And the brilliant green broccoli, cooked al dente and cut into small pieces , makes eating with chopsticks manageable.
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Both cut to pieces anything animal in their path, and both have acquired a mystique of terror in their own land.
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Simon ducked his head, cut a piece of ravioli in half with his fork and put it in his mouth.
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Each body had been cut into seven pieces and the parts put into ten bags.
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The slabs are then cut into pieces and rinsed.
plan
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Fielding is already making plans to cut one or two of the smaller guys out of the action.
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Citicorp also announced plans to cut costs by eliminating 7, 500 jobs.
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The state government has begun a new purge, with plans to cut demand by imposing a surcharge.
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PacTel already is in the middle of a multiyear plan to cut its workforce by 10, 000.
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But Mr Clinton will win plaudits from most economists if he carries through plans to cut the budget deficit.
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Wells fired 1, 750 employees on April 1 and announced plans to cut its workforce by 7, 200 this year.
price
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But by giving the Government 60 days to cut the price of petrol they have focused ministers' attentions on the issue.
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At the same time, competition increased from rivals charging lower prices , forcing Motorola to cut its own prices.
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Ladbrokes cut his price from 12-1 to half those odds for Ascot's Krug Trophy.
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Investment is being cut back, and prices are falling.
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Asda said it had cut prices by up to 50 percent on more than 1,500 lines.
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Does the employer absorb the costs and cut profits or raise prices ?
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They say it's great and say other's should cut their prices .
rate
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Mr Greenspan is famously hard to interpret, and the motivation for his rate cut will no doubt remain unclear for now.
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Tax bases were broadened; marginal rates were cut .
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Corporate tax rates have been cut , too.
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And the Bundesbank is starting to bolster the hopes rates will be cut .
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Belt-tightening would allow the debt ratio to fall faster or income-tax rates to be cut .
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The birth rate will only be cut , however, if the health prospects of poor families are improved.
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There is now talk of an interest rate cut some time this week.
ribbon
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He would cut the ribbon on many of the new towers.
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The college's oldest student, Edgar Pryce, 84, of Newton Aycliffe, cut a ribbon to launch the celebrations.
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A former state senator cut the ribbon to reopen the place.
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She knew it would give a nasty sting, but it wouldn't cut her flesh to ribbons .
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He hugged hundreds of babies, shook thousands of hands and cut ribbons at new universities, high-tech factories and a hospital.
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And as he cut the ribbon there would sometimes be tears in his eyes.
size
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The conference also approved resolutions to cut class sizes and protect teachers from undue stress.
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These are sold in very thin sheets that can be cut to the desired size , filled, sealed and boiled.
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Buying new glass and having it cut to size can be prohibitively expensive for the home tank builder.
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It was now to be cut down to approximate size .
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The board is then cut to size and screwed on to the battens.
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To cut you down to size .
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For example, competition could cut the size of phone bills and end the imposition of unreasonable bank charges on small businesses.
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How can Republicans be angry because Clinton has cut the size of government?
slice
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Deftly, he cut four thick slices from the granary loaf, then began his search for the cheese.
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Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.
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Very slowly the boy cut himself another slice and began to eat it.
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The lettuce was cut up into slices and had a mustard with small teeth inside it.
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Knedliky, when it arrived, was nothing more sinister than dumplings cut into half-inch-thick slices .
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With a sharp knife, cut dough intoinch slices .
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Unmould the stuffing, cut it into slices and serve with the duck.
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To fry, cut intoinch slices .
supply
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The state also plans to cut supplies to urban consumers by half.
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In Maharashtra, for example, the government cuts off supplies to parts of the state once a week.
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Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.
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Most main roads were cut , creating supply problems.
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It said it would cut the power supply to the national grid if its demands were not met.
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Sales agents acting on behalf of manufacturers, are vigilant in preventing retailers from selling at lower prices by threatening to cut future supplies .
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Don't tread around bushes to firm them, this will cut off the oxygen supply to the roots.
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It would help, he says, if the United States cut military supplies to those commanders making money out of heroin.
tax
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Corporate tax rates have been cut , too.
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And remember that Al Gore, a Tennessean, backed tax cuts last year.
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How will widening the 10p tax band be made to look like a tax cut for everybody?
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He said the increase might force cuts in prisons and higher education and prevent any tax cut this year.
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This, in effect, is a tax cut for banks.
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At the same time the general corporate tax rate was cut from 46 to its present 34 percent.
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To raise the money, the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies.
throat
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She'd bought a lawn edger sharp as a razor, sharp enough to cut your throat with.
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Press reports said the attackers cut the throats of some of the children.
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In the end Wormtongue is fed up with being beaten so he cuts Saruman's throat to free himself.
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These men cut throats and ventilated people with arrows as easily as skinning rabbits.
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He had forced his way into her room and cut her throat with a 12 inch knife.
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If she cut her legs she might cut your throat .
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If you weren't, I'd have cut your throat months ago.
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Combination, conspiracy, and cut throat competition are all means to the end of reducing competition and escaping its regulatory powers.
tooth
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He cut his teeth at places like Claridges; the Carlton, Cannes.
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There was considerable sniping from the Congress, particularly from the staffers who cut their eye teeth on Centralism principles.
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The entrepreneurial owner cut his teeth on a Schweizer 300 which he still owns.
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Sutton and Packford both cut their teeth on the old hot-metal newspaper production process.
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She cut her sporting teeth in the marketing department at Sheffield Wednesday.
tree
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But every time I wanted a piece of wood, I had to cut down a tree .
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It could cut a tree in half if it was two or three football fields away.
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When we got to Donoghue's Cross the road was cut and trees knocked.
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At 500 feet I crossed a swath cut through the trees that formed the northern perimeter of the camp.
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Male speaker Neolithic man would have used an axe to cut the trees .
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Paul cut the trees and Babe hauled them.
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I looked up and saw again the arrow cut into the tree .
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Instead, here the loggers had come in and simply cut the biggest trees , leaving the rest.
■ VERB
try
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The next thing Paige became aware of was some one trying to cut her in two.
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Or Republicans could try to cut a deal with congressional Democrats in the hope that Mr Clinton would come aboard later.
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As they try to cut stocks, this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers.
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They also revealed that employers were trying to cut costs on essential precautions such as vaccination and protective equipment and clothing.
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To try to cut down on internecine warfare, Mr Florio oversaw annual meetings at which he encouraged publishers to work together.
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If you find it difficult to stop drinking altogether, try to cut down as much as possible.
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Banks are trying to cut costs to generate money to write off their bad loans.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be badly cut up
be cut short
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And his restless nature rendered him an artist whose greatness frequently was cut short by his lack of focus.
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Freire's experiment was cut short by a military coup, so it is difficult to judge the results.
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Further discussion is cut short by a bump that interposes a few bodies between us.
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He was missing two front teeth, and his hair was cut short in a burr.
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Hugh McPherson, alleges his Army career was cut short in retaliation for his thorough pursuit of the events.
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It printed prose and verse in broadside and chapbook form till its activities were cut short by the War.
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Then their wedding night in a luxury hotel was cut short at 6am - because of a fire alert.
be cut/torn to ribbons
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Her feet were cut to ribbons on the rocks.
cut a corner
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If we cut the corner too tight, the trailer will hit the fence.
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I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners .
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If I cut corners , I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
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If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
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Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
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Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
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People cut corners , creating new tracks and damaging the land.
cut a dash
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Assistant Editor, Hellena Barnes cut a dash with her scissors.
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He cut a dashing figure in his black-leather jacket and blue jeans.
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Tall, dark, handsome and eloquent, our hero cuts a dashing figure in the little city with big ambitions.
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They were able to take a high line, look impressive, cut a dash - on the cheap.
cut a swathe through sth
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They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks.
cut corners
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One airline was accused of cutting corners on safety.
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The agency accused the airline of cutting corners on safety.
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I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners .
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If I cut corners , I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
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If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
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Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
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Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
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People cut corners , creating new tracks and damaging the land.
cut it/things fine
cut loose
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I'm ready to cut loose and enjoy the weekend.
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And knowing that, I wondered how much Ellie would ever cut loose of Michael.
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Both times Francis cut loose with stinging criticism of his team's play.
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But when Mike Mannion cut loose the home side collapsed to 127 all out.
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I felt like I had been cut loose .
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Many were cut loose and left to fend for themselves in the job-poor wilderness.
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Perhaps I do have to cut loose .
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The stars floated free like buoys cut loose on a dark sea.
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They should be demanding that the settlers be cut loose .
cut sb short
cut sth to the bone
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The company laid off employees and cut expenses to the bone .
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Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone .
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His mockery, which he meant as love, frightened and cut her to the bone .
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It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone .
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Oh, Peggy, to hear you say that ... that you're lonely, cuts me to the bone .
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These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was.
cut the mustard
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It was whispered, Patsy said, that he couldn't cut the mustard .
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That wouldn't cut the mustard without new technology.
cut your own throat
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To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
cut/give sb some slack
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Hey, cut me some slack , man, I'm only a few bucks short.
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She played the fish, gave it some slack and let it run till it hesitated, then slowly drew it back.
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The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack .
cut/sting/pierce sb to the quick
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Son, you really cut down to the quick .
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That's probably why she sent him - she knew it would cut him to the quick .
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The answer cut him to the quick .
cut/untie the Gordian knot
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A similar attempt to cut the Gordian knot of Chapter 4 also proves to be fallacious.
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If Gorbachev expects to untie the Gordian knot, he has over-estimated his powers.
fresh-made/fresh-cut/fresh-grated etc
have your work cut out (for you)
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Election monitors will have their work cut out.
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So you have your work cut out for you.
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The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
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They have their work cut out adapting themselves to it, and it to themselves.
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They have their work cut out for them.
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We have our work cut out for us.
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Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out.
swingeing cuts
the cutting edge (of sth)
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Amazingly, he accomplished that while dancing on the cutting edge.
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As president of a modeling agency, Page Parkes follows the cutting edge.
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But the cutting edge doesn't come cheap.
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In fact, this white-owned company was often on the cutting edge of new directions.
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Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.
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The decade's retreat from the cutting edge is certainly in evidence.
to cut a long story short
you could cut the atmosphere/air/tension with a knife
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cut the fish into four pieces and serve hot or warm.
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A couple of the scenes had to be cut because they were too violent.
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Because of the recession, salaries in the advertising industry have been cut by a half.
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Beresford cut the scenes of cannibalism.
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Beth's at the salon having her hair cut .
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Even after it had been cut , the film was still over three hours long.
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First cut the paper into a triangle.
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He cut the string and carefully unwrapped the parcel.
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His annual leave has been cut from six weeks to just three.
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I had to cut huge chunks out to get this essay to the right length.
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I wish you wouldn't cut your fingernails in the living room.
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If you cut too many jobs, you overload the remaining employees.
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It's so difficult to cut even a couple of scenes from a play without losing some of the story.
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Kids cut class and ran down the street to watch the fire.
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Mandy cut the paper in half and gave a piece to each child.
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My dad used to cut the grass every Sunday morning.
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My sister usually cuts my hair.
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One of the children had cut her foot on some glass.
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Phil cut himself shaving this morning.
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Rescue workers had to use special equipment to cut open the steel doors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Firms cut back further on orders.
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Iron and steel were hard and unyielding, yet here in the machine shop, you cut them like butter.
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It cut Romney Marsh off from the mainland.
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Mr Bates, prospective Conservative candidate for Langbaurgh, claimed the fire service training budget had been drastically cut .
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Tax bases were broadened; marginal rates were cut .
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This cuts out the currency board as middleman, and has a similar economic effect.
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Trim the fennel, cut into quarters and core.
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With a serrated knife, cut corn kernels off cob; set aside.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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After all, President Reagan easily won support for his big tax cut in 1981 from a Democratic-controlled Congress.
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But the men at City Hall, sniffing at anything too ideological, insist that big cuts are just not practical.
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Voters, in fact, are not clamoring for big tax cuts , tempting as they may be.
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Critics say the Dole team did not pay enough attention to ways to pay for the big tax cuts .
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With the wind dead on their stern, he had changed the genoa for a much bigger and lighter cut .
clean
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Don't shorten the stems, just tidy them to a clean cut , and do the same with any broken roots.
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Where Clinton is rugged and earthy, Gore is clean cut and preppy.
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The clean , neat cuts were delivered with a skill Terry would never learn to master.
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That was something I could understand, and approve of - to make a clean cut .
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I drew it downwards with a clean cut .
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He had a few days growth of stubble but something about him was fundamentally clean cut .
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They give a clean cut , keeping plants healthy and strong.
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More teeth give a cleaner cut , and are better for cutting across the grain if a really smooth finish is required.
clear
▪
It often happens that the greater the area of choice, the less clear cut are the guidelines.
▪
Peace is an ambiguous concept in the Middle East, whereas war is clear cut .
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However, the courts did not recognise a clear cut distinction between the two classes of case.
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There are no clear cut threshold speeds at which damage can be guaranteed to occur.
▪
This example is far less clear cut .
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While the evidence linking increased cell proliferation and colorectal cancer is good, the converse is less clear cut .
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But the Corrado's victory is far from being so clear cut in other areas.
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The second half was much of the same with neither side being able to carve out clear cut chances.
deep
▪
A security guard suffered serious head injuries, while another person suffered deep cuts from flying glass.
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The agriculture budget may take one of the deepest cuts .
▪
A deep cut , but wider than any knife.
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She has a deep cut in the palm of her right hand.
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Yeltsin urged even deeper cuts , to perhaps 2,500 warheads each.
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The alternative would be deep spending cuts or tax increases -- or some combination of the two.
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The framework of the agreement allows new targets for periods beyond 2010, leaving scope for further deep cuts in the future.
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Some of the deepest cuts are in the catch-all category called domestic discretionary spending.
drastic
▪
The drastic cuts come a week after Aldershot were wound up and rekindle fears for several Fourth Division clubs facing closure.
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He is in favor of drastic cuts in social spending in order to balance the budget.
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The council would spend £10m more than Governments limits, putting off the need for drastic cuts .
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Jude Medical and Medtronic gained as federal budget talks stalled, making drastic cuts in the Medicare health insurance program less likely.
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The liberal democrats and labour say their budget was the only way to prevent drastic cuts .
▪
C., making drastic cuts in Medicare reimbursement unlikely for now.
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In practice it has not proved easy to achieve the drastic cuts in spending that are wanted.
▪
California in 1990 enacted a plan requiring drastic cuts in air pollution from automobiles.
further
▪
Although bank officials are seeking to limit the damage, the news will add to pressure for further cuts in borrowing costs.
▪
The former Republican senator from Maine brings priorities that spell hope for companies worried about further cuts to military spending.
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A further cut is planned for 1993-94.
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They will block further tax cuts , except modest breaks for small businesses to ease the burden of a minimum wage increase.
▪
Those cuts have been very painful. Further cuts would be cutting into the bone and not the flesh.
▪
The framework of the agreement allows new targets for periods beyond 2010, leaving scope for further deep cuts in the future.
▪
There were constant announcements of further cuts and closures, an unending stream of private message and public ambiguity.
▪
However, we seem more intent on using further tax cuts to prolong the party.
large
▪
The largest cuts - which were proposed for the North Sea cod and haddock - amounted to only 15 percent.
▪
Buy the largest roast or cut of ham, or bird that your budget permits and that you can serve out satisfactorily.
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Both parties would make dangerously large cuts in this nation's defence.
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While rates on Treasury securities plunged last year, the Federal Reserve resisted calls for large cuts in the rates it controls.
▪
Even more important, the sale of public assets made possible large cuts in taxation in the 1985 and 1986 budgets.
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She said that large cuts were made in regional selective assistance in the early 1980s.
low
▪
The lower cut must be perfectly flat and angled to match the oblique cut on the rootstock.
short
▪
Access to Gas Services Installation Short cut course to gas services engineering for central heating and related areas.
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Only the air was tainted by the fumes from the slow-moving cars that used the street as a short cut .
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Oncoming bikers seemed intent on taking the short cut up and over the Aussie's Nissan.
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Under pressure, an advice worker may be tempted to take short cuts .
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She had got stuck getting out of Belfast, and got lost trying to take a short cut round the traffic jam.
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The Result: This shorter , blunt cut gives the appearance of thick, healthy hair.
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They had orders to take the short cut and risk the mines.
small
▪
Around curves, use small cuts with the tips of the scissors.
▪
He knows the polls show voters would prefer smaller tax cuts .
▪
He could find only a small cut and bruise on the back of his head.
▪
Selling a smaller tax cut could be a hard sell to a large block of conservative lawmakers.
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It also contains calendula extract to stimulate the healing of small cuts and scratches.
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The carcass is small so that cuts appear to be miniatures of beef cuts.
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Make a small cut and then try to pull the gall to pieces bit by bit.
▪
Wilson got a tax cut of nearly $ 1 billion, despite a desire by Democrats for a smaller cut.
spending
▪
The criteria for budget deficits and public debt require spending cuts .
▪
Future economic restructuring is likely to include public spending cuts which may also limit further educational expansion.
▪
And now Lord Chancellor Lord MacKay has warned that spending cuts are likely to severely restrict the amount of aid available.
▪
That means spending cuts as the Tories fight inflation outside the Euro money system.
▪
Mr Breaux would find some spending cuts but partially replace the energy tax by increasing the tax on petrol.
▪
What a contrast with the pathetic attempts by Mr Major and Norman Lamont to blame others for their coming public spending cuts .
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Larger-than-expected spending cuts are being imposed to keep the franc stable.
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Read in studio Forty jobs could go because of council spending cuts .
■ NOUN
budget
▪
Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages, and looks at the need for long-term strategies.
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They were turned away. Budget cuts had limited the patient load, Marsha was told.
▪
The proposed budget cuts would have affected housing subsidies, pensions, family payments and civil service pay.
▪
Even in cities which generally fared well in the face of federal budget cuts , the impacts in these areas were significant.
▪
And Britain's military capability-marginally useful to us during the Gulf war-has vanished with successive budget cuts .
▪
But there was a budget cut after a year, and I was laid off.
▪
The work of regulatory agencies was also undermined by budget cuts and a concerted unwillingness to enforce existing regulations.
▪
Does she order across-the-board budget cuts to bring the budget into compliance with the amendment?
crew
▪
The three boys should have been at school with their ragged clothes, crew cuts and sullen eyes.
▪
Haldeman is the one with the square head and crew cut , right?
▪
His hair was fair and it had been curly before he'd had it given a crew cut .
▪
Despite his militant crew cut , Bellows looks stylishly moody and vulnerable, and Sheridan could pass for a vanilla float.
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He was a stocky boy of middle height, with blue eyes, a bristling crew cut , and red cheeks.
▪
An elderly colonel with a steel gray crew cut stood to one side, ready to intervene if the questioning got difficult.
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He sported the same crew cut he wore during his playing days.
▪
He also had a fresh crew cut , which added to the un-real appearance of the scene.
hair
▪
Well, of course, she could get her hair cut and buy new clothes.
▪
The profession usually requires short, neat hair cuts and trim beards if any, for men.
▪
She's had her hair cut , but it's Annie all right.
▪
Changing your hair cut and/or colour can be a great looks-booster.
▪
She had had her hair cut .
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She looked different with her hair cut and it made them feel shy.
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Would you have your hair cut ?
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De Levantiére has had her hair cut and it makes her look very sophisticated.
job
▪
But, it hopes the latest job cuts will be the last.
▪
The job cuts bring the total across all BAe firms to 43,000 since 1990.
▪
It is too early to say exactly how many job cuts each agency would absorb, defense officials said.
▪
The job cuts are planned because the government ordered the Council to cut spending by ten million pounds.
▪
In December, about 935 job cuts were announced by Illinois-based corporations, according to the firm.
▪
The job cuts have been forced on the church by the severity of the recession.
▪
As all the Bells prepare for the next wave of job cuts , some have more work ahead of them than others.
pay
▪
With inflation running at 3.6 percent, that means they are being asked to accept an effective pay cut of 2.1 percent.
▪
But after getting released and not being active and taking a pay cut , it takes a toll.
▪
A third took rises below five percent, 14 percent got no rise and one percent took a pay cut .
▪
Worse, he had to take a thirty percent pay cut for working twice as many hours.
▪
And he's furious: Male speaker Dentists won't be willing to put up with such a pay cut .
▪
Both he and Roberts, scrappy, even a bit shrewish here, took huge pay cuts to play opposite each other.
▪
The pay cuts were highlighted by researchers for for the Halifax Building Society who quizzed 4,000 youngsters aged 12 to 16.
▪
If Annan is sincere about reform, he should set an example by taking a pay cut .
power
▪
A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut .
▪
For example, the specialist Sun Frost range keeps food fresh for weeks rather than days if a power cut occurs.
▪
Energy crisis Periodic power cuts were imposed from Oct. 29 after electricity supplies from the Soviet Union were suddenly suspended.
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There are power cuts almost every evening.
▪
Pristina remains broken: there are power cuts , buildings gape open, and rubbish is uncollected.
▪
On enquiry they were told that the other had been lent to a local restaurant when it suffered a power cut .
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It was Madame in the doorway, loudly disputing the accuracy of the information and the need for a power cut .
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The couple may simply require light because a fuse has blown or a power cut has occurred.
price
▪
They embarked on a desperate round of price cuts .
▪
After months of losing traffic, Viacom decided to match the price cuts .
▪
Telegraph proprietor Conrad Black has estimated the price cut will cost £1.5m a month.
▪
We just hope tens of thousands of other Star subscribers can take advantage of this major price cut , too.
▪
They have told me about the effect that price cuts can have on the dairy sector.
▪
Prodigy is trying a price cut of its own.
▪
But recent price cuts have sparked sales and debts have halved to Pounds 66m.
▪
If price cuts have to be paid to all buyers this reduces their profitability as well as increasing their detectability.
rate
▪
This is a budget which may well produce an interest rate cut .
▪
Investors and analysts took that to mean a rate cut before mid-year is out of the question.
▪
Talk of rate cuts was also good for the banks.
▪
To ward off a rate cut was one reason to soldier.
▪
Here perhaps lies the likeliest explanation for Mr Greenspan's sudden rate cut .
tax
▪
Al Gore's presidential campaign repeatedly referred to his plans for tax credits as targeted tax cuts .
▪
So do differences over such hot-button issues as tax cuts , welfare, education and the environment.
▪
Impending tax cuts will help too.
▪
Everything should be on the table, including the tax cut .
▪
Gone are Tory promises of across-the-board tax cuts or scaremongering about Labour's tax bombshells.
▪
The promise of massive tax cuts is a political staple that has always played well in the past.
▪
He has also made modest tax cuts of his own in New York City.
▪
Many suspect that retroactive tax cuts could be ditched.
■ VERB
announce
▪
The survey was taken before the Republican candidate announced his tax cut plan on Monday.
expect
▪
He said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside's Halewood plant.
▪
Another political factor may also play a large role in 1995: An expected capital-gains tax cut may finally come to pass.
▪
After the breakdown of talks in London he said he expected most of the cuts to fall on Merseyside's Halewood plant.
▪
All but two of the 28 are counting on another discount rate cut , with eight expecting the cut this quarter.
▪
Just one expected a cut this week.
▪
The plan is also expected to call for cuts in fighter jet programs and two rounds of base closings.
▪
I expect the new commission cuts will put a number of bad and so-so travel agents out of business.
▪
Only 1 of the 28 market observers polled said they expect a cut in rates tomorrow.
face
▪
That of Lancashire, which has supported much diocesan work in the past, is facing very serious cuts .
▪
Similarly, the army, when faced with a budget cut , never points the finger at desk-bound lieutenant colonels.
make
▪
The government has made minor cuts on welfare and some changes of a largely symbolic nature.
▪
You just feel it when you make a wrong cut .
▪
The only place where we could make cuts , without resetting the entire piece, was in the last paragraph.
▪
As he struggled to make the cut in Majorca, his lips were dry and his forehead was perspiring.
▪
To repair the defect, first use a sharp knife to make two cuts at right angles across the blister.
▪
They have different styles: Warren runs downhill, looking to make cuts , while Broussard is more explosive.
▪
Again, always use a very sharp blade to make any cuts .
▪
Marinades make less-tender cuts , such as chuck steaks, grill-worthy.
miss
▪
He was twice runner-up and missed only one cut .
▪
He finished Friday with bogeys on No. 16 and No. 18 and missed the cut by five strokes.
▪
Jack won his tournament and we missed the cut at Muirfield Village.
▪
He missed the cut by eight strokes, collected his six-figure appearance fee, and split for a month at home.
▪
After that we never missed a cut together.
▪
For instance, Norman finished fourth his first time here, and Nicklaus missed the cut .
▪
He was twice runner-up and missed only two cuts , one of them last year.
propose
▪
If this figure proves wildly optimistic, Bill Clinton will either have to propose more cuts or spend more money.
▪
For example, administration officials highlighted Sanchez Elementary in Austin, Texas as a potential victim of the proposed cuts .
▪
His proposed tax cuts are warmed-over Reaganomics that could saddle our children with an ever-increasing national debt.
▪
President Clinton is also a supporter, having criticized the proposed cut in a letter to lawmakers.
▪
About 75 percent of all the proposed spending cuts would take effect after 2000&038;.
▪
But the current proposed cuts mean that, nationwide, about 9, 700 schools will loose all Title I support.
▪
Dole aides have said the candidate may propose broader income tax cuts later this year as part of his long-range economic strategy.
▪
Instead, Dole proposed a 15 percent cut in income tax rates.
spend
▪
At this point Wilson's chancellor would have been outlining spending cuts , not increases.
▪
Republican voters say they want low taxes and prudent spending cuts .
▪
All the weapons in the Treasury's armoury - spending cuts , higher interest rates and higher taxes - are politically unpalatable.
▪
But smaller deficits brought on either by spending cuts or higher taxes reduce purchasing power.
▪
Requiring budget balance would short-circuit this stabilizing effect by mandating either tax increases or spending cuts just when the economy was weak.
▪
The alternative would be deep spending cuts or tax increases -- or some combination of the two.
▪
The president and Congress cut a deal on a balanced budget that exempts military spending from any cuts.
▪
President Reagan agreed to accept tax increases immediately in exchange for spending cuts to be named later.
suffer
▪
Thomas Cunningham suffered a cut to the scalp which required hospital treatment.
▪
One woman suffered cuts and scratches.
▪
A security guard suffered serious head injuries, while another person suffered deep cuts from flying glass.
▪
Tien has suffered budget cuts throughout his six-year tenure.
▪
Again, it was the middle management ranks that suffered the severest cuts .
▪
She suffered many deep cuts and X-rays were still being taken to determine other injuries, Lacoste said.
take
▪
Oncoming bikers seemed intent on taking the short cut up and over the Aussie's Nissan.
▪
Learning to bat takes a few cuts and the pitching and fielding controls are simple.
▪
Cars daren't risk taking the short cut .
▪
We took the left-hand cut , which runs into the Thames at an angle.
▪
The new chief executive acknowledged he would be taking a pay cut .
▪
Under pressure, an advice worker may be tempted to take short cuts .
▪
But after getting released and not being active and taking a pay cut , it takes a toll.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be badly cut up
be cut short
▪
And his restless nature rendered him an artist whose greatness frequently was cut short by his lack of focus.
▪
Freire's experiment was cut short by a military coup, so it is difficult to judge the results.
▪
Further discussion is cut short by a bump that interposes a few bodies between us.
▪
He was missing two front teeth, and his hair was cut short in a burr.
▪
Hugh McPherson, alleges his Army career was cut short in retaliation for his thorough pursuit of the events.
▪
It printed prose and verse in broadside and chapbook form till its activities were cut short by the War.
▪
Then their wedding night in a luxury hotel was cut short at 6am - because of a fire alert.
cut corners
▪
One airline was accused of cutting corners on safety.
▪
The agency accused the airline of cutting corners on safety.
▪
I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners .
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If I cut corners , I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
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If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
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Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
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Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
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People cut corners , creating new tracks and damaging the land.
cut it/things fine
cut loose
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I'm ready to cut loose and enjoy the weekend.
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And knowing that, I wondered how much Ellie would ever cut loose of Michael.
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Both times Francis cut loose with stinging criticism of his team's play.
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But when Mike Mannion cut loose the home side collapsed to 127 all out.
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I felt like I had been cut loose .
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Many were cut loose and left to fend for themselves in the job-poor wilderness.
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Perhaps I do have to cut loose .
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The stars floated free like buoys cut loose on a dark sea.
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They should be demanding that the settlers be cut loose .
cut sb short
cut sth to the bone
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The company laid off employees and cut expenses to the bone .
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Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone .
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His mockery, which he meant as love, frightened and cut her to the bone .
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It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone .
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Oh, Peggy, to hear you say that ... that you're lonely, cuts me to the bone .
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These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was.
cut your own throat
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To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
cut/give sb some slack
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Hey, cut me some slack , man, I'm only a few bucks short.
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She played the fish, gave it some slack and let it run till it hesitated, then slowly drew it back.
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The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack .
cut/sting/pierce sb to the quick
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Son, you really cut down to the quick .
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That's probably why she sent him - she knew it would cut him to the quick .
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The answer cut him to the quick .
cut/untie the Gordian knot
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A similar attempt to cut the Gordian knot of Chapter 4 also proves to be fallacious.
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If Gorbachev expects to untie the Gordian knot, he has over-estimated his powers.
fresh-made/fresh-cut/fresh-grated etc
have your hair cut/your house painted etc
have your work cut out (for you)
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Election monitors will have their work cut out.
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So you have your work cut out for you.
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The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
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They have their work cut out adapting themselves to it, and it to themselves.
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They have their work cut out for them.
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We have our work cut out for us.
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Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out.
swingeing cuts
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cuts in the education budget have led to fewer teachers and larger classes.
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His hands were covered with cuts and scrapes.
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How much is my cut going to be?
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Investigators found that her cut of the profits amounted to more than 25%.
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It's a particularly tender cut of beef.
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Make the first cut fairly shallow, then push the saw deeper into the wood.
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Nurses are protesting about further pay cuts.
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Schools receive a 34% cut of the money the state lottery earns.
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Several passengers were treated for cuts and bruises.
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Some senators have called for huge tax cuts to stimulate the economy.
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Teachers are expecting further cuts next year.
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That's a very flattering cut .
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The censors insisted on several cuts.
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The distributors and the wholesalers all get their cut , and this is what pushes up the price.
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The emphasis on comfort has changed the cut of men's suits.
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The new management has promised that there will be no job cuts.
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The whole team agreed to take pay cuts, rather than see their colleagues lose their jobs.
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There are to be big cuts in the health budget next year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He knows the polls show voters would prefer smaller tax cuts.
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The cut should go to 1 / 4 inch from the other side of the card.
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The Kennedy and Reagan tax cuts came at a time when the economy was under-performing.
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These pointed fingers were adjusted to be my guide and, apart from the very ends of each cut , were quite reliable.
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They said the tax cut would reduce the amount of money flowing to schools.