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meat axes

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meat ax

–noun
1. cleaver (def. 2).
2. Informal. a drastic or ruthless procedure or approach, esp. for reducing or trimming something, as expenditures: The committee used a meat ax on the recreation budget.

Origin:
1825–35
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