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Complete Definition of "cut the mustard"

English

Verb
to cut the mustard

  1. idiom to suffice; to be good or effective enough

#:Give me the bigger hammer. This little one just doesn't cut the mustard.

Usage notes
Nearly always used in the negative.

See also
pass muster
up to snuff
hack it
up to par

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