WordNet
cut-and-dried
adj. according to ordinary expectations [syn: cut-and-dry]
Usage examples of "cut-and-dried".
The procedure is cut-and-dried, and this latest squad from Auschwitz - a sturdy gang of Jews at last, hardworking physical specimens with smart work leaders-has caught on fast.
Cut-and-dried ideas, a one-track mind, harsh principles, and integrity, absolute integrity….
He was certain that she had no knowledge of his use of the classic interrogator's tactic of personalizing, then making intimate what was in all respects a cut-and-dried relationship.
Assuming the Japanese would be maneuvered into striking first, their war games had produced a cut-and-dried plan of counterattack.