"cut it close" meaning in All languages combined

See cut it close on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cuts it close [present, singular, third-person], cutting it close [participle, present], cut it close [participle, past], cut it close [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> it close}} cut it close (third-person singular simple present cuts it close, present participle cutting it close, simple past and past participle cut it close)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, close. Synonyms: cut it fine Related terms: cut it
    Sense id: en-cut_it_close-en-verb-K51VgIwF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 78 22
  2. (colloquial) To barely complete something. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-cut_it_close-en-verb-rO~k2eTv

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cut it close meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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