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hard-and-fast

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hard-and-fast
Adjective
(of rules) fixed and not able to be changed
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Adj.1.hard-and-fast - (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules"
invariable - not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy"
Translations
Spanish hard-and-fast [ˈhɑːdənˈfɑːst] adjrígido, definitivo
French hard-and-fast [ˈhɑːdənˈfɑːst] adjstrict(e)absolu(e)
German hard-and-fast [ˈhɑːdənˈfɑːst] hard adjfest
Italian hard-and-fast [ˈhɑːdənˈfɑːst] adjferreo/a

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