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hard and fast

hard and fast is the alternative form of hard-and-fast.

Meaning of hard-and-fast

Adjective

hard-and-fast (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation
    • to stick to hard-and-fast rules
    Synonyms:
    strict

Questions about hard and fast

What is hard and fast the alternative form of?
Hard and fast is the alternative form of hard-and-fast.

Words near hard and fast in the dictionary

  1. Harcum
  2. Harcums
  3. hard
  4. hard act to follow
  5. hard acts to follow
  6. hard and fast
  7. hard as a rock
  8. hard as brazil
  9. hard as Chinese algebra
  10. hard as Chinese arithmetic
  11. hard as iron

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