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Verb: cut the mustard
- (informal) be at the required standard; be good enough; pass inspection
"not everybody can cut the mustard when the wages are high"; "this product works for keeping a shower clean, but doesn't cut the mustard for cleaning a dirty shower";
- pass muster, make the grade
Derived forms: cut the mustard
Nearest
cut of lamb
cut of meat
cut of mutton
cut of pork
cut of veal
cut off
cut out
cut price
cut rate
cut short
cut the mustard
cut through
cut to
cut to ribbons
cut to the chase
cut up
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
cut-and-paste
cut-and-thrust
cutaneal
cut of meat
cut of mutton
cut of pork
cut of veal
cut off
cut out
cut price
cut rate
cut short
cut the mustard
cut through
cut to
cut to ribbons
cut to the chase
cut up
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
cut-and-paste
cut-and-thrust
cutaneal