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cut along (something)

Literally, to cut or trim something using a line or border as a guide. Some of my kindergarteners still have trouble cutting along the dotted line.
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cut along something

to make a cut following a line or guide. Please cut along the dotted line. My hand is too shaky to cut along the line neatly.
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"The undersigned never entered in any agreement nor engaged the Provincial Government or environment groups on agreements on the issue of the tree cutting along the road widening project," PeAaAaAeA~afiel said in a three-pa letter to Pangasinan 5th district Rep.
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With the edges together, begin cutting along the folded edge.
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Cut the slit in his cap, cutting along the dotted lines only.
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