Sentence examples for cut and dried from inspiring English sources

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cut and dried contract

cut and carried

slice and dried

cut and dehydrated

cut and died

“cut and dried” is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe something that is straightforward, usually in a negative sense as in “the job wasn’t as cut and dried as we thought it would be.”.

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cut and dried

adjective

Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain

Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut-and-dried answers.

Exact(44)

Think "cut and dried".

The New Yorker

It's pretty cut and dried.

The New York Times - Sports

"It was cut and dried".

The New York Times

It's never cut and dried.

The Guardian

It's not real cut and dried".

The New York Times - Sports

It was all so cut and dried.

The New York Times - Magazine

Similar(16)

It's not cut-and-dried".

The New Yorker

How cut-and-dried.

The New York Times

"The rules are cut-and-dried.

The New York Times - Sports

"It's not a cut-and-dried equation".

The New York Times

This isn't a cut-and-dried situation".

The New York Times - Sports

More suggestions(9)

cut and worked

cut and slices

cut and neat

cut and broke

cut and de

cut and dry

sliced and dried

chopped and dried

cut and wet

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