It's not a hard-and-fast rule.
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Hard-and-fast
Synonyms for "hard-and-fast" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- rigorós adj (strictly maintained)
Finnish
1 entries- ehdoton adj (strictly maintained)
French
3 entries- absolu adj (strictly maintained)
- qui ne tolère pas d'exception adj (strictly maintained)
- strict adj (strictly maintained)
Greek
1 entries- απαράβατος adj (strictly maintained)
Polish
1 entries- żelazny adj (strictly maintained)
Portuguese
3 entries- estrito adj (strictly maintained)
- rigoroso adj (strictly maintained)
- rígido adj (strictly maintained)
Russian
3 entries- строгий adj (strictly maintained)
- строгое правило adj (strictly maintained)
- твердый adj (strictly maintained)
Spanish
2 entries- estricto adj (strictly maintained)
- rígido adj (strictly maintained)
Swedish
4 entries- benhård adj (strictly maintained)
- fastslagen adj (strictly maintained)
- järnhård adj (strictly maintained)
- orubblig adj (strictly maintained)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
to stick to hard-and-fast rules
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