cut above

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a cut above someone/something

better than other people or things. The songs on his new album are definitely a cut above the ones on his last CD.

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No; he had only received a cut above the temple, and perhaps a few bruises from the fall, or the hoofs of his own pony: that could not kill him if he lay there half the day; and, if he could not help himself, surely some one would be coming by: it would be impossible that a whole day should pass and no one traverse the road but ourselves. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context He had got, in some way or other, a cut above his left eyebrow -- a cut to the bone. Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

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No; he had only received a cut above the temple, and perhaps a few bruises from the fall, or the hoofs of his own pony: that could not kill him if he lay there half the day; and, if he could not help himself, surely some one would be coming by: it would be impossible that a whole day should pass and no one traverse the road but ourselves.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context

He had got, in some way or other, a cut above his left eyebrow -- a cut to the bone.

Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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