final cut
nounEtymology From the fact that in the days of physical film for cinema, the strips of film on which various scenes and takes were recorded had to be cut into pieces and spliced together into a resultant composite strip.
1
Idiomatic In the movie industry, the final released version of a film.
2
Broadly, Idiomatic The group that remains when a selection process has eliminated other candidates.
- Derived terms
- make the final cut
- Related terms
- on the cutting room floor