hard and fast rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhard,fastandrule
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hard
adjective
uk/hɑːd/us/hɑːrd/
not easy to bend, cut, ...
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fast
adjective
uk/fɑːst/us/fæst/
moving or happening quickly, or able to move or ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofhard,fastandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nevertheless, this was not a hard andfastrule.
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Outside of the warrior class, however, there seems to have been no hard andfastrule.
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There is no hard andfastrule.
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There is no hard andfastruleabout it.
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There can be no hard andfastrule.
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There is no hard andfastruleabout this.
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That would not be a hard andfastrule.
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I have no hard andfastruleon that matter.
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There must be no hard andfastrule.
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It is not a lard andfastrule.
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We should not have a hard andfastrule.
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There is no hard andfastruleeither way.
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There can be no hard andfastruleabout it.
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But there is no hard andfastrule.
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I do not think one can make any hard andfastrule.
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No hard andfastrulestates that the 75p increment cannot be changed.
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There is no hard andfastruleabout having a motorway service area every 12½ miles.
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No hard andfastrulefor effecting this reconciliation has ever been propounded.
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It would be unwise to make that a hard andfastrule.
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