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not make the cut
verb as in disqualify
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Jones was named in the pre-Euro squad in June last year but did not make the cut and has been called up to the senior squad when there have been pull-outs in the past.
Worthington did not make the cut after scoring 79.20 then 78.82 in her two runs for an average of 79.01 to finish 11th.
Forcing members of the House of Lords to retire at the age of 80 was another pledge which did not make the cut when King Charles read out the new government's planned laws for the new parliamentary session.
Jameson Myers, who was part of Crooks’ graduating class, told CBS News that Crooks tried out for his high school’s rifle team during his freshman year but did not make the cut.
Seven acts that were nominated in February did not make the cut: Mariah Carey, Jane’s Addiction, Oasis, Sade, Eric B. & Rakim, Lenny Kravitz and, perhaps most surprisingly, Sinead O’Connor, whose death last year, at age 56, elicited a global outpouring of grief and a reconsideration of her place in rock history.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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