lean and mean

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Adjective[edit]

lean and mean (comparative leaner and meaner, superlative leanest and meanest)

  1. (colloquial) efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective
    He's a lean and mean fighting machine.
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