CUT AND DRIED meaning: Predetermined, straightforward, lacking spontaneity

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word cut and dried:

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cut-and-dried: Merriam-Webster
cut and dried: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
cut-and-dried: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
cut-and-dried, cut-and-dried, cut and dried: Collins English Dictionary
cut-and-dried: Vocabulary.com
cut and dried: Wordnik
cut and dried: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
cut and dried: Wiktionary
cut-and-dried: Infoplease Dictionary
Cut and dried, cut-and-dried, cut and dried: Dictionary.com
cut-and-dried: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
cut-and-dried: Rhymezone
CUT AND DRIED: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
cut-and-dried, cut and dried: MyWord.info
cut-and-dried, cut and dried: FreeDictionary.org
cut-and-dried: Mnemonic Dictionary
Cut and Dried: The Word Detective
Cut and dried, cut-and-dried: TheFreeDictionary.com
Cut and dried: World Wide Words
cut and dried: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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cut-and-dried, cut and dried: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cut and dried)

▸ adjective:  Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain.
▸ adjective:  Decided, not open to change.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Lacking freshness or spontaneity.

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