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undercut Definition


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undercut
verb
    1. To offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor).
      Thesaurus: underbid, undersell.
    2. To cut away the underside of something.
      Thesaurus: undermine, excavate, gouge out, hollow out.
    3. sport.
      To apply backspin to (a ball).
noun
    1. The action or an act of cutting underneath something.
    2. A part that is cut away underneath.
    3. The underside of a sirloin, ie the fillet.
    4. A notch cut in the trunk of a tree on the side to which it is intended to fall.
    5. sport.
      A stroke that gives a ball backspin.


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