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手てを抜ぬく
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, く)
Idiomatic
1. to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to go easy (on an opponent); to hold back (in a competition, fight, etc.)
So you were cutting corners after all.
2. to play a tenuki; to tenuki
Kanji used
手
hand
抜
pull out
Top 9100
Conjugations...Used in: 1560
Composed of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
Examples (4 in total)
So you were cutting corners after all.
We mustn't cut corners, right?
Everyone wants to take it easy, and everyone is tempted to cut corners.
A dance that has been continued for many years without any cutting of corners.