Sentence examples for cut the tack from inspiring English sources

Use a tape measure to determine how long each side of the rug is, and then cut the tack strips to the appropriate length using a small handsaw or wood snips.

When you get to the corners, you can either cut the riempie there and tack it, before starting with a new riempie, or you can pull it across the corner, however, just make sure it can't be seen when the chair is the right way up.

That was when the credit crunch really hit home and the Fed was forced to change tack and cut the discount rate, only a week after indicating that monetary policy would stay on hold.

1847, 71.0 × 93.0, KMS1644 1963: wax resin lined Cross sections were cut from the tacking edge of samples.

Remove staples or tacks as explained above and simply cut the string.

She cuts the power and tacks bedspreads over the windows, thinking he might be more likely to reappear in the dark.

He then cuts the balls at their stems and drops them in a plastic bag tacked to the fence with the rest of the day's gonads.

Howe ordered his ships to pursue the enemy rear, and the British line was placed on a tack that was intended to cut through the French line and isolate and capture the ships east of the cut.

Each of these tack strips should be cut to the length of each side of the rug.

Cut a piece of tack strip the length of one wall, and attach it to the floor with masonry nails.

If you are using a box, cut off the flaps and wipe out the inside with a tack cloth.