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cut out the middleman

cut out the middleman verb: to act without the use of an intermediary or third party.

Verb

cut out the middleman (third-person singular simple present cuts out the middleman, present participle cutting out the middleman, simple past and past participle cut out the middleman)

  1. (informal) To act without the use of an intermediary or third party.

Forms of cut out the middleman

third-person singular presentcuts out the middleman
present participlecutting out the middleman
past participlecut out the middleman
pastcut out the middleman

Questions about cut out the middleman

What does cut out the middleman mean?
Cut out the middleman means to act without the use of an intermediary or third party.
What part of speech is cut out the middleman?
Cut out the middleman is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut out the middleman?
The past tense of cut out the middleman is cut out the middleman.

Words near cut out the middleman in the dictionary

  1. cut one's stick
  2. cut one's teeth
  3. cut oneself
  4. cut out
  5. cut out of the same cloth
  6. cut out the middleman
  7. cut point
  8. cut points
  9. cut red tape
  10. cut round
  11. cut scene

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