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cut under

cut under verb: to undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.

Verb

cut under (third-person singular simple present cuts under, present participle cutting under, simple past and past participle cut under)

  1. (dated, transitive) To undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
    • You managed to cut under his prices?
    • […] cut under him even after paying the duty. The writer of the article then goes on to mention the selling price of the English flour when baked into bread as 6d.1904, The Free Trader, volume 2, page 103

Forms of cut under

third-person singular presentcuts under
present participlecutting under
past participlecut under
pastcut under

Questions about cut under

What does cut under mean?
Cut under means to undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
What part of speech is cut under?
Cut under is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut under?
The past tense of cut under is cut under.

Words near cut under in the dictionary

  1. cut to pieces
  2. cut to ribbons
  3. cut to the bone
  4. cut to the chase
  5. cut to the quick
  6. cut under
  7. cut up
  8. cut up nasty
  9. cut up rough
  10. cut up shapes
  11. cut up shines

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