cuts below
Incisions underneath something
Cuts below refers to something ranking lower or being inferior to a standard or comparison point.
The phrase usually follows "a cut below" to indicate lesser quality: This restaurant is a cut below the others in town.
Multiple cuts below suggests even greater inferiority: His work is several cuts below what we expect.
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- cleaveSplit or adhere
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