Cut-the-mustard Sentence Examples

cut-the-mustard

  • In the 1970s heyday of Latin music in New York you had to be good to ' cut the mustard ' .

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  • The Motorola RAZR simply doesn't cut the mustard in a world occupied by large touchscreen displays, high-definition multimedia functionality, and multi-megapixel camera phones.

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  • Living in a major city, I have ready access to big box rental outlets like Roger's Video and Blockbuster, and with the latter's "no late fee" policy and a huge selection of games, Canflix just didn't cut the mustard for me.

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