cut it
Example Sentences
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Ms. Hall’s short hair, which sometimes looks like she cut it herself, is close enough to Kyle’s to seize our attention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Perhaps that is the kind of "incremental change" the PM was referring to in his Monday speech that will no longer "cut it".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Fans and air conditioners won’t cut it anymore.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
And if I didn’t cut it off right there, it would hit me with the big one, in spite of me letting it know it was unwelcome.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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