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Verb forms: He's the kind of people who be/are so snobbish | Usage of subjunctive: If only I (never bear)

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#16 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:18 am what does "cut" mean here?

mo7aisen wrote:

thank you for the correction. Alex: cut it fine means allowing enough time for doing something.

Many thanks for your reply, but I know what it means.
I was asking Amy a completely different thing.

I hope she will answer my question Smile

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#17 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:44 am what does "cut" mean here?

lost_soul wrote:

I'm wondering if this expression is common in your neck of the woods: To cut it fine, for example as in: She cut it fine, because the train was already departing from Platform A.
I'm asking because I read about this expressin in a textbook written by British.

Hi Alex
I'm not familiar with 'cut it fine', so that may be primarily BE.
I would say 'cut it close' instead.
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