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                           Phrase(s): able to cut something  Fig. to be able to manage or execute something. (Often negative. Able to can be replaced with can.)  •  We thought he could handle the new account, but he is simply not able to cut it.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs