final cut
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- /ˈfaɪnəl kʌt/
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corte final
- After several revisions, the director finally approved the final cut of the documentary.
- make the final cut
- final cut of the movie
- get the final cut
Who gets final cut in the pictures that you've directed?
- Who gets final cut in the pictures that you've directed?
- I write each of my films, I direct each of my films, and I have final cut over their edits.
- And it's pretty close to what the final cut is.
Examples
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I write each of my films, I direct each of my films, and I have final cut over their edits.
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Where the scene falls in the movie, and even whether it makes the final cut, remains a mystery until the film opens.
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In this film, I have the final cut.
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As you well know, my contract guarantees me final cut.
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We want to congratulate you for making the final cut.
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At the end, when you hit that final cut to black, it stays with them.
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Some Edgar winners made the final cut, and some did not.
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One of the wonderful qualities for making this film for me was that I had final cut on this film, and that it was a unique experience and that it was completely independent of any studio.
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The Austin, Texas-based company is one of eight software firms that made the final cut.
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That's my only complaint about Prometheus now; the deleted scenes should've stayed in the movie's final cut.
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Morphology
The meaning 'the finished and officially approved version of a film' is directly derivable from combining 'final' (last, conclusive) with 'cut' (an edited/deleted version), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the last edited version ready for release. The pattern corresponds to a common 'final + version' compositional logic (cross-linguistically frequent), although 'cut' has a specific filmic sense, the basic edited-version sense makes the phrase transparent.
Etymology
The noun final cut comes from movie editing. A cut is a piece of film or an edit, and the final cut is the last edit, the 'finished and approved version' ready to show.