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Synonyms for hard-and-fast
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahrd-n-fast, -fahst |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrd nˈfæst, -ˈfɑst |
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Définition of hard-and-fast
- adj strict
- They refuse to accept the hard-and-fast rules that are laid down for them.
- Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
- This is not a hard-and-fast rule, but one which usually it is safe to follow.
- Extract from : « The Pianolist » by Gustav Kobb
- She taught me to dance against and around the hard-and-fast beat of the music.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- A matter with which, by hard-and-fast agreement, she has absolutely nothing to do!
- Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
- So I bound myself by a hard-and-fast contract so that I could not escape.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain's Speeches » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- You are too big, too comprehending, Mr. Hodder, to have a hard-and-fast rule.
- Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Yet one must be cautious in accepting any hard-and-fast classification.
- Extract from : « The Colonies 1492-1750 » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
- No hard-and-fast rule for the apportioning of taxes can be laid down.
- Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
- No hard-and-fast rule can be given to govern this progression.
- Extract from : « Talks on Writing English » by Arlo Bates
- Such a hard-and-fast rule as this cannot prevail, perhaps, in every household.
- Extract from : « The Expert Maid-Servant » by Cristine Terhune Herrick
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