Hard-and-fast (Adjective)
Meaning
(of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The new policy had hard-and-fast rules about who could access the company's confidential files.
- She was known for enforcing hard-and-fast deadlines for every project that came her way.
- There were certain hard-and-fast rules regarding safety procedures in the manufacturing plant.
- The judge was famous for imposing hard-and-fast punishments for even minor infractions.
- The boarding school had hard-and-fast rules about what time students had to be in bed.