cut it fine

cut it fine
cut it fine
To take risks by leaving insufficient margin for error
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Main Entry:cut
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cut it fine
To do something with little time or space to spare
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Main Entry:fine

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cut it fine british informal phrase
to give yourself only a very short amount of time to do something

He left the hotel at 9 am, which was cutting it fine for his 9.15 meeting.

Thesaurus: to find, or to have enough time for somethingsynonym
Main entry: cut

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I
see fine I
II cut it (or things) fine
allow a very small margin of something, esp. time

boys who have cut it rather fine are scuttling into chapel

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cut it/things ˈfine idiom
(informal) to leave yourself just enough time to do sth

If we don't leave till after lunch we'll be cutting it very fine.

Main entry:fineidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cut it fine — If you cut it fine, you only just manage to do something at the very last moment. Cut things fine is the same. Cut it a bit fine is a common variation …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • cut it fine — ► cut it fine allow a very small margin of time. Main Entry: ↑fine …   English terms dictionary

  • cut it fine —    If you cut it fine, you only just manage to do something at the very last moment. Cut things fine is the same. Cut it a bit fine is a common variation.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Cut it fine —   If you cut it fine, you only just manage to do something at the very last moment.    Cut things fine is the same.    Cut it a bit fine is a common variation …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • cut a fine figure — cut a fine/ridiculous/etc figure literary phrase to look very attractive/​silly etc Tom cut a striking figure in his dark dinner jacket. Thesaurus: to be or look attractivesynonym to be ugly or unattractive …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut it fine — cut it/things fine INFORMAL ► to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something: »It s two o clock now, so you re cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three. Main Entry: ↑cut …   Financial and business terms

  • cut things fine — cut it/things fine INFORMAL ► to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something: »It s two o clock now, so you re cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three. Main Entry: ↑cut …   Financial and business terms

  • cut it fine — cut it/things fine to only leave yourself just enough time to do something. Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it fine, isn t it? …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut things fine — cut it/things fine to only leave yourself just enough time to do something. Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it fine, isn t it? …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut things fine — cut it/things ˈfine idiom (informal) to leave yourself just enough time to do sth • If we don t leave till after lunch we ll be cutting it very fine. Main entry: ↑fineidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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