a cut above

a cut above
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Sense: Adjective: better

Synonyms:

better Collocations, superior Collocations, finer, higher-ranking, of higher rank, more advanced, more skillful, more skilful (UK), much better, a little better

Sense: Expression: better than

Synonyms:

superior to, better than, above Collocations, finer than, more advanced than, more skillful than, more skilful than (UK), an improvement on, over and above

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