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cut in
verb
1. allow someone to have a share or profit
• Hypernyms: ↑partake, ↑share, ↑partake in
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Sam cannot cut in Sue

2. drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably
• Hypernyms: ↑pull
• Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

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These cars won't cut in

3. break into a conversation
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her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation

• Syn: ↑chime in, ↑put in, ↑butt in, ↑chisel in, ↑barge in, ↑break in
• Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt, ↑break up, ↑cut off
• Hyponyms: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
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Jim always cuts in!

• Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

5. mix in with cutting motions
• Hypernyms: ↑blend in, ↑mix in
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.