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to cut it

to cut it

216 7.2
Stop doing something annoying when someone tells you
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : dejar de
  • Just cut it out already, all right?

So that was the women, the drink, the drugs, the gambling, cut it all out cleansed.

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Examples

Synonyms

to end
vsto cut it
∞ 1.0

To stop something or make it finish

focuses on ending because of an external command, not just finishing
to break
vsto cut it
∞ 1.0

To stop an activity or end a habit

is specifically informal and often marks stopping because of someone else's wish
to cut off
vsto cut it
620 3.8

To stop something suddenly before it is finished

is the informal action of stopping when told to do so by someone
to call it
vsto cut it
  • Informal
324 4.7

Decide to stop an activity and finish for now

ends because someone else has told you to cease the activity
to cease
vsto cut it
324 3.6

To stop or come to an end

is more informal and often follows a direct instruction to stop
to terminate
vsto cut it
147 4.6

To make something stop or finish

is more informal and often signals stopping because of another's order
to put an end to
vsto cut it
131 3.0

To make something stop completely

implies the end happens because you were told to stop doing it
to leave off
vsto cut it
  • Informal
104 4.1

Stop doing something for a short time, for example at a point in a book

ends the action due to someone else telling you to stop entirely
to lay off
vsto cut it
  • Informal
102 3.4

Stop doing something that annoys someone

stops when ordered or told to end rather than by personal decision
to pull the plug
vsto cut it
87 5.5

To stop something from going on by removing support like money

is used for stopping because another person directly told you to stop
to cut short
vsto cut it
67 3.5

Stop something earlier than planned

is about stopping due to an external command rather than timing
to put a stop to
vsto cut it
62 3.0

To end something so it no longer happens

is used when the end results from an instruction to cease activity
to discontinue
vsto cut it
58 4.2

To stop something that is happening or being given

is about stopping due to being told to rather than formal discontinuation
to break off
vsto cut it
50 3.2

To stop something suddenly before it is finished, for example a talk or relationship

is used when the halt happens because someone ordered you to stop
to call it quits
vsto cut it
  • Informal
34 3.9

To stop doing something because you cannot continue or feel you have done enough

stops mainly because an external instruction tells you to finish
to wind up
vsto cut it
17 3.7

Bring an activity or meeting to an end

is used when the end happens because someone told you to stop
to break up
vsto cut it
11 3.3

Interrupt an activity so it stops for a short time

is used when the interruption is caused by someone telling you to stop
to knock off
vsto cut it
  • Informal
4 7.4

Stop doing something, often when it is annoying

stops because someone else tells you to stop the activity
to clip it
vsto cut it
1 7.9

To cut out a part of something like a video, or to tell someone to be quiet

is about stopping an activity because someone else tells you to stop
to put a full stop
vsto cut it
  • UK
1 3.6

End something completely so it does not continue

is usually used when the stopping comes after being told to stop
to cut bait
vsto cut it
  • Informal
8.8

Stop wasting time and either act now or give up a plan that does not work

is about stopping because someone else tells you to stop now

Antonyms

to continue
∞ 1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

to prolong
96 3.9

To make something last longer

How Forceful

to stop the bullbleep
  • Offensive
9.9
to knock it off
  • Informal
321 8.1
to cut it
  • Informal
216 7.2
please
1.0

Surface Forms

cut it infinitive
cut it past
cut it past participle
cutting it present participle
cuts it third person singular

Morphology

cut + it

The sense 'to stop doing something' cannot be straightforwardly derived from 'cut' (to sever/remove) plus the pronoun 'it' — a B1 learner would likely interpret this literally (e.g., physically cut something) or be uncertain. The idiomatic stopping sense normally appears in the phrasal form 'cut it out' and is not transparently compositional or predictable cross-linguistically, so learners who only know the constituents will not reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

Cut it may come from the simple image of using scissors to cut it, that is, to take something away so it stops, much like saying 'cut' to stop a recording or a scene. That's why cut it means 'to stop doing something'.