cut and try

Example Sentences

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“Teams like that are dangerous. Kind of playing carefree, the pace that they play at. They don’t necessarily have an agenda, just pass, cut and try to get the best shot. Constant movement.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

By the simple process of cut and try.

From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis

While we are not completely emancipated from the old rule of cut and try, from the old mechanical routine, the country as a whole has taken some long strides in advance.

From On the Firing Line in Education by Ladd, Adoniram Judson

In discovery of the detailed connections of our activities and what happens in consequence, the thought implied in cut and try experience is made explicit.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

If not, we shall continue to cut and try, undoing to-morrow what was done to-day, and chaos will result.

From On the Firing Line in Education by Ladd, Adoniram Judson