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hard-and-fast
[ hahrd-n-fast, -fahst ]
adjective
- strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated:
hard-and-fast rules.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
hard and fast
adjective
- hard-and-fast when prenominal (esp of rules) invariable or strict
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hard-and-fast1
Idioms and Phrases
Defined, fixed, invariable, as in We have hard and fast rules for this procedure . This term originally was applied to a vessel that has come out of water, either by running aground or being put in dry dock, and is therefore unable to move. By the mid-1800s it was being used figuratively.Example Sentences
Though it’s not a hard-and-fast rule, Los Angeles often likes to go its own way after the New York group announces its top film.
There’s no hard-and-fast rule about how long a jury must keep attempting to resolve differences before a mistrial can be declared.
The famed neuroscientist and author reaches through the abstract realm of academic debates on consciousness by climbing down a richly biographical thread, connecting the high-minded with hard-and-fast reality.
“There are no hard-and-fast rules, only general guidelines and varied court decisions,†according to a digest by Stanford University librarians.
Whether Atlantic, chinook, sockeye, pink, coho or chum, sustainability depends on a variety of factors so there is no hard-and-fast rule.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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