variants or less commonly cut-and-dry
: being or done according to a plan, set procedure, or formula : routine
a cut-and-dried presentation

Examples of cut-and-dried in a Sentence

a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way
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Word History

First Known Use

1710, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cut-and-dried was in 1710

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“Cut-and-dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut-and-dried. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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