IDIOM ►
make the cut
Meaning 1 ►▼
to stay a team member after the coach takes out thoseplayers he doesn't want
Sentence 1
He made the cut. He'll play with the team this fall.
Meaning 2 ►▼
to stay with the business or agency after the manager has fired or laid off people
Sentence 2
He made the cut. He'll be hired as our new account executive.