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Also, on the cutting edge . In the forefront, in a position of greatest advantage or importance. For example, In my youth I was at the cutting edge of medical research , or Our company is on the cutting edge of gene therapy . This metaphoric phrase alludes to the sharp edge of a knife or other cutting tool. [c. 1950]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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