Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is make the cut and it is a phrase meaning “equal or better the (standard) score to avoid elimination”.
Example sentence: Shivpal Singh is the second Indian javelin thrower after Neeraj Chopra (the World No. 4 and the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games champion) to make the cut. Shivpal Singh produced an impressive 85.47m effort in the Athletics Central North West League meet at Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Tuesday evening, a throw that helped him to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The entry standard for Tokyo is 85m.
This phrase is present in today’s The Hindu sports news article India’s day will come, but… and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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