cut above

1. Someone or something that is superior to examples of a similar nature, as in This book is a cut above his previous one. This idiom uses cut in the sense of “a higher degree or stage.” [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Still, James insisted that headquarters employees dress a cut above business casual, requiring jackets and slacks for men.

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Mexican Chicago is shaped by dining traditions that reflect a range of inter-generational customs, like the lore of the Tamale Lady, a Pilsen street vendor whose tamales are considered a cut above any other in Cook County.

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Nacua brushed off a cut above his eye that required stitches and caught 10 passes for 130 yards.

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His level has skyrocketed back to where it was and, although Alcaraz was a cut above, Norrie will be proud of proving he can still go deep at the Slams.

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The impact he has on a match every time he bowls is remarkable and he has been a cut above anything else we have seen in the first Test at Headingley.

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