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cut along

British  

verb

  1. informal (intr, adverb) to hurry off

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As usual with Heartbeat projects, the focus was narrowed to the main story, so choruses and ballets were cut along with some characters and subplots.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

Moreover, Williams’ vote makes four certain votes for a cut, along with Fed governors Christopher Waller and Stephen Miran, and Michelle Bowman, vice chair for supervision.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

A screenshot of proper technique shows a clean cut along the transversus abdominis muscle, carefully avoiding the delicate nerve bundles.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2023

Sanctions on the coup leaders have already been imposed and electricity supplies from Nigeria have been cut, along with borders, meaning goods are no longer arriving and the land-locked country has lost access to ports.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2023

Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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