cut it close
English
editVerb
editcut it close (third-person singular simple present cuts it close, present participle cutting it close, simple past and past participle cut it close)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, close.
- (colloquial) To barely complete something.
- Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
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edit- “cut it close”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.