"cut below" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut above"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts below",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cuts below"
      },
      "expansion": "cut below (plural cuts below)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English non-constituents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As a speaker, he is a cut below.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inferior to the norm."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a#English"
        ],
        [
          "Inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "norm",
          "norm"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "almost always preceded by a",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Inferior to the norm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is a cut below the rest in his public speaking.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inferior to."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun phrase",
          "noun phrase"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase; almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun phrase) Inferior to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "cut below"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut above"
    }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English non-constituents",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts below",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "cut below (plural cuts below)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As a speaker, he is a cut below.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inferior to the norm."
      ],
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        [
          "a",
          "a#English"
        ],
        [
          "Inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "norm",
          "norm"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "almost always preceded by a",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Inferior to the norm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is a cut below the rest in his public speaking.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inferior to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun phrase",
          "noun phrase"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase; almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun phrase) Inferior to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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