hard-and-fast

See also:hard and fast

English

Alternative forms

• hard and fast

Etymology

First attested1867,originally of a ship on shore.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hard-and-fast(notcomparable)

1. (idiomatic,of rules, etc)strictly maintained; not subject tovariation

   to stick tohard-and-fastrules

Synonyms

• strict

Translations

strictly maintained

• Catalan:rigorós(ca)
• Finnish:ehdoton(fi)
• French:strict(fr),absolu(fr),quinetolèrepasd’exception
• Greek:απαράβατος(el)(aparávatos)
• Polish:żelazny(pl)
• Portuguese:estrito(pt),rígido(pt),rigoroso(pt)
• Russian:строгий(ru)(strogij),твердый(ru)(tverdyj);строгое правилоn(strogoje pravilo)(hard-and-fast rule)
• Spanish:estricto(es),rígido(es)
• Swedish:benhård(sv),fastslagen(sv),järnhård(sv),orubblig(sv)