单词 | meat ax |
释义 | meat axSEE SYNONYMS FOR meat ax ON THESAURUS.COM nouncleaver (def. 2). Informal. a drastic or ruthless procedure or approach, especially for reducing or trimming something, as expenditures: The committee used a meat ax on the recreation budget. Origin of meat axFirst recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby meat axmeasuringworm, meat, meatal, meat and drink to one, meat and potatoes, meat ax, meataxe, meatball, Meath, meathead, meat hook Definition for meat ax (2 of 2)meat-ax [ meet-aks ] / ˈmitˌæks / adjective Informal.drastic or severe: meat-ax defense cuts. favoring or advocating drastic reductions: a meat-ax approach to the budget. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for meat ax
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