cut it close in English

Forms: cuts it close [present, singular, third-person], cutting it close [participle, present], cut it close [participle, past], cut it close [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts it close",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting it close",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut it close",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut it close",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, close."
      ],
      "id": "en-cut_it_close-en-verb-K51VgIwF",
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        [
          "cut",
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        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it#English"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close#English"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "cut it"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "cut it fine"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To barely complete something."
      ],
      "id": "en-cut_it_close-en-verb-rO~k2eTv",
      "links": [
        [
          "barely",
          "barely"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To barely complete something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut it close"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "cuts it close",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting it close",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut it close",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut it close",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "cut it"
    }
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    {
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, close."
      ],
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          "cut",
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        ],
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          "it",
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          "close",
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      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To barely complete something."
      ],
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        [
          "barely",
          "barely"
        ],
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          "complete",
          "complete"
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        "(colloquial) To barely complete something."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut it fine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut it close"
}

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"cut it close" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms