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单词 cut a wide swath
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cut a wide swath


Draw a lot of attention, make a considerable display, as in Although he was new to the company, he cut a wide swath. This metaphoric use of making a big sweep of the scythe in cutting grass survives despite the mechanization of farming and the declining use of the noun swath. [Mid-1800s]

Words nearby cut a wide swath

cutaneous tuberculosis, cutaneous vasculitis, cutaneous vein, cutaway, cutaway dive, cut a wide swath, cutback, cutbank, cut both ways, cut capers, cut-card work
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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