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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Tartakovsky brought two of his friends onto the project to help create the characters and their banter out of his own friendship group, although a character based on himself did not make the cut.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
His 36-hole score is now 7-under, which will comfortably make the cut for the top 60 plus ties.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
That leads us to the roster bubble, home of the last players to make the cut and the first to be left out in the cold.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025
Associate teams are unlikely to feature in the qualifier with the Netherlands being the highest ranked currently at 13 - not high enough to make the cut.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
His 36-hole score is now 7-under, which will comfortably make the cut for the top 60 plus ties.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
That leads us to the roster bubble, home of the last players to make the cut and the first to be left out in the cold.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025
Associate teams are unlikely to feature in the qualifier with the Netherlands being the highest ranked currently at 13 - not high enough to make the cut.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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“Make the cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20the%20cut. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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