make the cut
idiom
: to be among the players allowed to continue playing
He has to birdie the last hole in order to make the cut.
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That means more than 12,000 applicants didn't make the cut, even if their qualifying times met the standard for their age and gender.
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Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, produced a song for the project that may or may not make the cut, while Wayne teased that Elephant Man and MGK could also have guest credits.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
While the potential bomb threat against the SNL studio earlier this week by an apparent Scarlett Johansson thankfully didn’t make the cut, another cold open topic could have been Saturday’s well attended anti-MAGA Hands Off marches and protest all across the nation and the globe.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Injuries and having a threadbare squad could of course get in the way of achieving that goal, and though there were doubts that the Ukrainian would make the cut amid Thibaut Courtois being unavailable, Andriy Lunin is expected to start in goal and not La Fabrica academy talent Fran Gonzalez.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, produced a song for the project that may or may not make the cut, while Wayne teased that Elephant Man and MGK could also have guest credits.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
While the potential bomb threat against the SNL studio earlier this week by an apparent Scarlett Johansson thankfully didn’t make the cut, another cold open topic could have been Saturday’s well attended anti-MAGA Hands Off marches and protest all across the nation and the globe.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Injuries and having a threadbare squad could of course get in the way of achieving that goal, and though there were doubts that the Ukrainian would make the cut amid Thibaut Courtois being unavailable, Andriy Lunin is expected to start in goal and not La Fabrica academy talent Fran Gonzalez.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Make the cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20the%20cut. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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