cut the baby in half in English

Forms: cuts the baby in half [present, singular, third-person], cutting the baby in half [participle, present], cut the baby in half [participle, past], cut the baby in half [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> the baby in half}} cut the baby in half (third-person singular simple present cuts the baby in half, present participle cutting the baby in half, simple past and past participle cut the baby in half)

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          "ref": "1971, The Weekly Review, page 22",
          "text": "[…] courts of inquiry have one inevitable end — to cut the baby in half; to settle half way between the employers' final offer and the last trade union demand.",
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      "form": "cuts the baby in half",
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    },
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"cut the baby in half" meaning in English

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