to cut
- verb
- /kʌt/
- Informal
- You cut a deal to get back on the team, Jimmy?
- cut class
- cut from the team
- athletes were cut
I mean, advising you to cut off your family.
- I mean, advising you to cut off your family.
- How to successfully cut a man off, right?
Examples
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So I'll cut you in on it, equal shares, all of you.
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I cut ties with the South Africans.
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The girls team at Cornwall got cut.
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This doesn't sound important enough to cut school.
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We'll cut him in the off-season.
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Many states are seriously considering cutting back on the number of peremptory strikes offered to both sides.
Academic text (1995) -
As soon as you've gained a pound, cut back on your food consumption.
Academic text (1997) -
In Bing, the Court of Appeals significantly cut back on the state's special right to counsel rules.
Academic text (1993) -
After the Camp David Accords, Arab pressure to cut off relations has markedly decreased.
Academic text (1992) -
He decided to cut the meeting short because of the pressing deadlines.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
Deliberately do something that hurts you more than the person you want to punish
- Informal
To become independent from your parents and live on your own
- Informal
To become independent from parents and make your own decisions
- Australian
To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful
- Informal
To check something carefully before you do it to avoid mistakes
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To do something quickly or cheaply by skipping important steps so the result is lower quality
- Informal
To have fun and act without control, or to remove someone from their job
- Informal
To leave very little time before something happens and risk being late
- Informal
To make someone less proud by showing they are not as good as they think
- Jargon
To make a message clear so people notice it despite distractions
Make speech or writing clearer by removing complicated management language
Compounds
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
- Specialized
A short announcement that interrupts a program to give local news or alerts
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
How Present
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cut class means to leave or miss a lesson on purpose, and to cut someone from a team means to take them out, both using the idea of removing a part.