cut under

English

Verb

cut under (third-person singular simple present cuts under, present participle cutting under, simple past and past participle cut under)

1. (dated, transitive) To undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.

   You managed to cut under his prices?

   • 1904, The Free Trader (volume 2, page 103)

     […] cut under him even after paying the duty. The writer of the article then goes on to mention the selling price of the English flour when baked into bread as 6d.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary