Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the sport of golf, in which players are said to make the cut when they match or exceed a certain score, thus avoiding elimination during the final two rounds of a four-round tournament.
