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 Cut a Dash.Cut and Run. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cut and Dry.
 
Already prepared. “He had a speech all cut and dry.” The allusion is to timber cut, dry, and fit for use.   1
       
“Sets of phrases, cut and dry,
Evermore thy tongue supply.”
       
Swift.
 


 Cut a Dash.Cut and Run. 

 
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