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Definition of
cut and dried adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
cut and dried
adjective
adjective
[
not usually before noun
]
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decided in a way that cannot be changed or argued about
The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
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cut and dried
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