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I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.
Hume Cronyn

Meaning of "cut and dried" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUT AND DRIED

cut and dried play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUT AND DRIED

cut a caper
cut a dash
cut a deal
cut a good figure
cut a long story short
cut a melon
cut a person dead
cut a person down to size
cut a poor figure
cut across
cut along
cut and blow-dry
cut and paste
cut and run
cut and thrust
cut both ways
cut corners
cut down
cut glass
cut in

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUT AND DRIED

air-dried
blow-dried
buried
carried
cut-and-dried
deep-fried
dried
drip-dried
freeze-dried
fried
married
rough-dried
smoke-dried
spin-dried
sun-dried
tried
tumble-dried
undried
varied
worried

Synonyms and antonyms of cut and dried in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CUT AND DRIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cut and dried» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cut and dried

Translation of «cut and dried» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUT AND DRIED

Find out the translation of cut and dried to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cut and dried from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cut and dried» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切段,晒干
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cortar y secado
570 millions of speakers

English

cut and dried
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कटौती और सूखे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خفض والمجففة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вырезать и сушат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortada e seca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাটা এবং শুকনো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couper et séché
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potong dan keringkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geschnitten und getrocknet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カットして乾燥させた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘라 내기 및 건조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cut lan garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt và sấy khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டி உலர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कट आणि वाळलेल्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kesip kurutulur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tagliata ed essiccata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cięte i suszone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирізати і сушать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tăiate și uscate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόβεται και ξηραίνεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sny en droog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klappat och
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kuttet og tørket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cut and dried

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT AND DRIED»

The term «cut and dried» is regularly used and occupies the 59.402 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT AND DRIED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cut and dried

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QUOTES WITH «CUT AND DRIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cut and dried.
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Hume Cronyn
I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT AND DRIED»

Discover the use of cut and dried in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cut and dried and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flowers Cut and Dried: The Essential Guide to Growing, ...
A treasury of ideas for creating beautiful dried flower arrangements for any room, any occasion.
Caroline Alexander, 2001
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The Play of Words
CUT AND DRIED CLICHÉS A girl was asked by her teacher to use the word cliché in a sentence. She responded with this statement: “The boy returned home from the test with a cliché on his face.” When the teacher asked her to explain ...
Richard Lederer, 2010
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
C392 To be Cut and dried 1765 Franklin Papers 12.365: It was all cut and dry'd. 1776 Freneau Poems 1.243: Prayers, cut and dry, by ancient prelates made. 1777 CCushing in Baxter Manuscripts 10.143. 1779JLovell in Adams Works 9.488: A ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Critics of the law, however, argue the wages-and-benefits issue is not cut-and- dried. —Newsday (6/21/2011) The article the JJ-C wrote sounds like it's already cut-and-dried that he will be mayor of Beardstown. In the Newsday example, ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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The Deseret Weekly
"CUT AND DRIED" POLITICS. Okb of the many untruthful charges against the People's Party, made by their unprincipled opponents, has been that the tickets arranged by the conventions of dele, gates were "cut and dried" by the Priesthood.
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Practical Druggist and Spatula, Consolidated
BY FRANK F.uuzmcroN, Delhi, N. Y. Author "Selling Suggestions," "Store Z\ Ianagement—Complete, Etc." Cut and dried material is material that is cut out in quantities after a common or stock pattern and then laid up to dry and distributed to ...
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Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews
CUT AND DRIED CLERKS. BY FRANK annmcron, Delhi, N. Y. Author “Selling Suggestions," “Store Management—Complete, Etc." Cut and dried material is material that is cut out in quantities after a common or stock pattern and then laid up ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Cut and dried (APP 89; EAP 91; MP 145) 1868 "It was all cut and dried." (p. 173) Alger, Horatio, Jr. Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward, ed. Carl Bode. New York: Penguin Books, 1985. 1895 "He don't preach no cut-and-dried gospel." (p.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun
A. The answer to her question is cut-and-dried. B. Why argue? It's cut-and-dried what we have to do. C. It's not cut-and-dried to me how we should react to this situation. D. I thought it was cut-and-dried what your next move should be. E. This  ...
Edward Swick, 1999
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The National Provisioner
There are two parties to blame for a clerk being of the “cut and dried" type. The first is the clerk himself. If he had ambition to amount to something in the business world he would not be satisfied to be just average, stock quality. He would be ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUT AND DRIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cut and dried is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kitchen gadgets review: My Kitchen Food Dehydrator – hardly cut
In practice, the process is not so cut and dried. Have you ever hand peeled 25 cherry tomatoes? It's hard not to feel like life is passing you by. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Hughes: N'Zonzi likely set for Sevilla switch
These things are never cut and dried and until it actually happens then there are always things which can develop very quickly." WilliamHill ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
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Streak over, Gallardo's fate now must be considered
... or do they journey beyond the All-Star break flying the flag of the Undecideds? The Gallardo issue isn't as cut and dried as it once seemed. «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
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Consider why the GOP passed liquor bills now
The “benefits” of privatization aren't as cut and dried as its most ardent supporters like to claim. That's why the debate will continue. REP. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Women share desire to help
Spouses and families may want you to move on with your life, but it isn't always that cut and dried. “We do to the best of our ability, but it takes a ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Jul 15»
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Android tablets, Chromebooks, and convertibles: Which setup …
Nowadays, things aren't so cut and dried. We've got Chromebooks that act like tablets, Android tablets that act like laptops, and keyboard-free ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»
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Cooper fully focused on his job with Town
“Until anything is done and dusted, cut and dried, you have to plan and prepare. “I know the chairman and people at the club are working hard ... «This Is Wiltshire, Jul 15»
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Shale gas export terminals don't fit with climate action – research
“It is not as cut and dried a story as with coal,” report author Andrew Grant told RTCC. Touted as a cleaner alternative to coal, gas is set to grow ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
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5 Possible Replacements Should Liverpool Sell Lucas Leiva
... is Anfield) last week, offered his opinion on the Brazilian's situation on Merseyside, saying: "I don't think anything is cut and dried with Lucas.". «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Blurred lines: How cloud computing is reshaping the IT workforce
Of course, it's not that cut and dried. DevOps and SecOps are both going to have to learn to listen; to take the advice of one another if either is to ... «The Register, Jul 15»

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