Defined, fixed, invariable, as in We have hard and fast rules for this procedure. This term originally was applied to a vessel that has come out of water, either by running aground or being put in dry dock, and is therefore unable to move. By the mid-1800s it was being used figuratively.
hard-and-fast
| Idioms: hard and fast |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of rules) stringently enforced
Synonym: strict
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