- cut out the middleman
- to deal directly with someone instead of talking to their representatives, or to avoid unnecessary stages in a process
Why don't you cut out the middleman and tell him what you think yourself?
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cut out the middleman — phrase to deal directly with someone instead of talking to their representatives, or to avoid unnecessary stages in a process Why don’t you cut out the middleman and tell him what you think yourself? Thesaurus: to be or to not be in contact with… … Useful english dictionary
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cut|out — «KUHT OWT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a shape or design to be cut out of paper, cloth, cardboard, wood, or plastic: »Some books for children have cutouts to be removed and pasted together. The shoes had cutouts and little heels (New York Times). 2 … Useful english dictionary
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middleman — mid‧dle‧man [ˈmɪdlmæn] noun middlemen PLURALFORM [ men] [countable] COMMERCE a person, business, organization etc that buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or that helps to arrange business deals for other people, for example a… … Financial and business terms
cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
middleman — noun VERB + MIDDLEMAN ▪ act as, be ▪ bypass (AmE), cut out, eliminate ▪ Some factories have cut out the middleman and sell their products directly to customers. PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
middleman — plural middlemen noun (C) someone who buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or who helps to arrange business deals for other people: He acts as a middleman for British companies seeking contracts in the Gulf. | cut out the middleman… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
middleman — [[t]mɪ̱d(ə)lmæn[/t]] middlemen 1) N COUNT A middleman is a person or company which buys things from the people who produce them and sells them to the people who want to buy them. Why don t they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves? 2) … English dictionary
