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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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"But I don't know if the numbers were cut along the way, because what we eventually received was very little."

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

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

She embraces her son and holds him back with straight arms while she runs a fingertip over a mostly healed cut along his forehead.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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