not cut it

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not cut it

not able to deal with problems or difficulties satisfactorily. We were playing against some young people who were strong and fast, and we couldn't quite cut it.

Related vocabulary: not cut the mustard

See also: cut

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He did not cut it, but, rolling up his sleeves a little way, he laid hold of it, placed his heel against the ground, and, with one mighty pull, plucked the young tree up by the roots from out the very earth. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context Venice Preserved too,' said she, 'I think you have been there is it well or ill preserved for people differ so and Maccaroni if they really eat it like the conjurors why not cut it shorter, you are acquainted Arthur--dear Doyce and Clennam at least not dear and most assuredly not Doyce for I have not the pleasure but pray excuse me--acquainted I believe with Mantua what has it got to do with Mantua-making for I never have been able to conceive? Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context			not able to make anything out not able to make head or tail of not able to see the forest for the trees not able to stomach not able to wait Not again! not agree with not all is cracked up to be not all it is cracked up to be Not always Not anymore not as young as one used to be not at all Not bad not bat an eye not bat an eyelid not believe ears not believe eyes not believe your eyes not born yesterday not breathe a word not buy not by a long shot not by any stretch not cup of tea not cut it not cut the mustard not day not do any favors not done not dream of not dwell on not enough room to swing a cat not feeling oneself not float boat not for a moment not for all the tea in China not for hire Not for my money not for nothing not for publication not for the life of me not for the world not get hopes up not give a damn not give a hoot not give a rat's ass not give a shit not give a tinker's damn not give anyone the time of day not give it another thought			not conform not conforming not conforming to the usual Not Connected Not Connected Seconds not connected with not consenting not consider not considered Not Considered Necessary not contradictory not cooperate Not Copy Protected not countenance not countenanced not covered not covered Not Covered Under Warranty Not Criminally Responsible Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder Not Crushed/Not Ground not cup of tea not cup of tea not cup of tea not cup of tea not cup of tea not cup of tea not current Not Currently Available not currently present not cut it not cut the mustard not dangerous not Data Accepted not day not day not day not day not day Not Dead Yet not deadly not declared openly not decreased not defend Not Defined not definite not deleterious not deserving further consideration not designated Not Detectable Not Detected Not Determined Not Developed Here Not Diagnosed with Anything not discharged not disconcerted not dispose of not disposed not disputed

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