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cut of the same cloth

cut of the same cloth is the alternative form of cut from the same cloth.

Meaning of cut from the same cloth

Adjective

cut from the same cloth

  1. (idiomatic) Of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.
    • [T]hese men are no more lost souls than we are—are, in fact, woven out of the same yarn and cut from the same cloth.1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 6, in The Subterranean Brotherhood

Questions about cut of the same cloth

What is cut of the same cloth the alternative form of?
Cut of the same cloth is the alternative form of cut from the same cloth.

Words near cut of the same cloth in the dictionary

  1. cut lunches
  2. cut money
  3. cut nail
  4. cut nails
  5. cut of one's jib
  6. cut of the same cloth
  7. cut of their jibs
  8. cut off
  9. cut off a corner
  10. cut off at the pass
  11. cut off more than one can chew

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