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Idioms and Phrases
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
In England's most recent 3-0 defeat in India, Rashid was a cut above - taking seven wickets at 27, including that of Virat Kohli twice.
Chisora was cut above his right eye in round five but passed a check with the doctor in the sixth as he continued to enjoy the better of the close exchanges.
Mr Arlie is also understood to have spoken to a woman on a bus travelling from North Greenwich underground station, who gave him a tissue for a cut above his eye.
Seven-weight world champion Serrano - suffering from the horrific cut above her eye - once again felt hard done by.
Taylor repeatedly leaned in with her head, causing a nasty cut above Serrano's right in the fourth round which opened up later in the fight as blood poured down the Puerto Rican's face.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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