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cut the coat according to the cloth

cut the coat according to the cloth is the alternative form of cut one's coat according to one's cloth.

Meaning of cut one's coat according to one's cloth

Verb

cut one's coat according to one's cloth (third-person singular simple present cuts one's coat according to one's cloth, present participle cutting one's coat according to one's cloth, simple past and past participle cut one's coat according to one's cloth)

  1. (idiomatic) To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.

Forms of cut the coat according to the cloth

third-person singular presentcuts the coat according to the cloth
present participlecutting the coat according to the cloth
past participlecut the coat according to the cloth
pastcut the coat according to the cloth

Questions about cut the coat according to the cloth

What is cut the coat according to the cloth the alternative form of?
Cut the coat according to the cloth is the alternative form of cut one's coat according to one's cloth.

Words near cut the coat according to the cloth in the dictionary

  1. cut stick
  2. cut swathes
  3. cut the baby in half
  4. cut the bullshit
  5. cut the cheese
  6. cut the coat according to the cloth
  7. cut the cord
  8. cut the crap
  9. cut the fool
  10. cut the Gordian knot
  11. cut the ground from under someone's feet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cut the coat according to the cloth (page history and authors); cut one's coat according to one's cloth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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