Usually means: Strictly defined, not easily changed.
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  1. hard-and-fast: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard-and-fast: Vocabulary.com
  3. hard-and-fast: Wordnik
  4. hard-and-fast: Wiktionary
  5. hard-and-fast: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. hard-and-fast: Dictionary.com
  7. hard-and-fast: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. hard-and-fast: Rhymezone
  9. hard-and-fast: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hard-and-fast: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hard-and-fast: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hard-and-fast: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation

Similar:
strict, invariable, hard and fast, fixed, immovable, rulebound, rigid, steadfast, constant, inflexible, more...

Opposite:
flexible, adaptable, variable, fluid, malleable

Types:
rule, law, regulation, statute, ordinance, canon, precept, mandate, more...

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Similar:
strict, invariable, hard and fast, fixed, immovable, rulebound, rigid, steadfast, constant, inflexible, more...

Opposite:
flexible, adaptable, variable, fluid, malleable

Types:
rule, law, regulation, statute, ordinance, canon, precept, mandate, more...



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