cut it close

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cut it close

To do or complete something very near to its limit, especially of time. We'll be cutting it close, but we should get there just before the movie starts.

See also: close, cut

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cut (someone or something) from (something)
cut from
cut off
cutoff
shilling
cut loose from
cut (someone or something) loose from (something)
cut (something) out of (something)
cut out of
trim (something) from (something else)

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cut class
cut coat according to cloth
cut corners
cut corners, to
cut dead
cut didoes
cut down
cut down to
cut down to size
cut each other's throats
cut eyes at
cut eyes at (someone or something)
cut eyeteeth on
cut eyeteeth on (something)
cut from
cut from the same cloth
cut from whole cloth
cut ice with (someone)
cut in
cut in line
cut in on (something)
cut in(to)
cut into
cut it
cut it all off
cut it close
cut it fine
cut it out
Cut it out!
cut it/things fine
cut loose
cut loose from
cut losses
cut no ice
cut no ice with (one)
cut no ice with someone
cut no ice, to
cut nose off to spite face
cut of (one's) jib
cut of his/her jib, I don't like the
cut of one's jib
cut off
cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
cut off at the pass
cut off at the pass, to
cut off from the (outside) world
cut off nose to spite face
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to
cut off with a cent
cut off with a shilling
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