cut and try

Example Sentences

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“Teams like that are dangerous. Kind of playing carefree, the pace that they play at. They don’t necessarily have an agenda, just pass, cut and try to get the best shot. Constant movement.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

While we are not completely emancipated from the old rule of cut and try, from the old mechanical routine, the country as a whole has taken some long strides in advance.

From On the Firing Line in Education by Ladd, Adoniram Judson

All our experiences have a phase of "cut and try" in them—what psychologists call the method of trial and error.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

Conclusion.—As a practical problem, the assessment of prospective value is usually a case of "cut and try."

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

This product engineering is a matter of "cut and try" in some fields.

From Breeder Reaction by Marks, Winston K.