"cut above" meaning in English

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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts above",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "cuts above"
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      "expansion": "cut above (plural cuts above)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As a speaker, he is a cut above."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Superior to the norm."
      ],
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          "a",
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        [
          "Superior",
          "superior"
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        [
          "norm",
          "norm"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "almost always preceded by a",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Superior to the norm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is a cut above the rest in his public speaking."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Superior to."
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          "noun phrase",
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        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun or noun phrase) Superior to."
      ],
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut above"
}

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    {
      "word": "cut below"
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    "English non-constituents",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts above",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Superior to the norm."
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          "Superior",
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        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Superior to the norm."
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "Superior to."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun or noun phrase) Superior to."
      ],
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  ],
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