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View synonyms for
cut out
verb
- tr to delete or remove
- tr to shape or form by cutting
to cut out a dress
- tr; usually passive to suit or equip for
you're not cut out for this job
- intr (of an engine, etc) to cease to operate suddenly
- tr printing to remove the background from a photograph or drawing to make the outline of the subject stand out
- intr (of an electrical device) to switch off, usually automatically
- informal.tr to oust and supplant (a rival)
- intr (of a person) to be excluded from a card game
- informal.tr to cease doing something, esp something undesirable (esp in the phrase cut it out )
- tr soccer to intercept (a pass)
- tr to separate (cattle) from a herd
- intr to end or finish
the road cuts out at the creek
- have one's work cut outto have as much work as one can manage
noun
- something that has been or is intended to be cut out from something else
- a photograph or drawing from which the background has been cut away
- a device that switches off or interrupts an electric circuit, esp a switch acting as a safety device
- an impressed stamp cut out from an envelope for collecting purposes
- slang.the end of shearing
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The pair then took the wedge cut out of the trunk home as a "trophy" and revelled in the public's outrage over the following days, the court has heard.
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The music cut out in the middle of a final, lingering note.
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Such money will be needed as the turbo-charged rise means Wrexham have their work cut out to catch up with the growth of the club.
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They were the inefficiencies in the system, and they had to be cut out ruthlessly.
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While Australia, Japan and Vietnam have begun mining for rare earths, it will take years before China can be cut out of the supply chain.
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