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cut out
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verb
1. delete or remove (Freq. 2)
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Cut out the extra text

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cut out the newspaper article

Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout
Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑eliminate, ↑get rid of, ↑do away with
Hyponyms: ↑excise
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

2. form and create by cutting out (Freq. 1)
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Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper

Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout
Hypernyms: ↑shape, ↑form, ↑work, ↑mold, ↑mould, ↑forge
Hyponyms: ↑gouge out, ↑rabbet, ↑die, ↑die out
Entailment: ↑cut
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. cut off and stop (Freq. 1)
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The bicyclist was cut out by the van

Syn: ↑cut off
Hypernyms: ↑intercept, ↑stop
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

4. strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
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scratch out my name on that list

Syn: ↑scratch out
Hypernyms: ↑erase, ↑rub out, ↑score out, ↑efface, ↑wipe off
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

5. intercept (a player)
Syn: ↑cut down
Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game
Hypernyms: ↑check, ↑turn back, ↑arrest, ↑stop, ↑contain, ↑hold back
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

6. cease operating
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The pump suddenly cut out

Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

II
adjective
having been cut out
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the cut-out pieces of the dress

Similar to: ↑cut

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1) (of a motor or engine) suddenly stop operating
2) informal (of a person) leave quickly, esp. so as to avoid a boring or awkward situation

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cut out [phrasal verb]
1 of a machine : to stop working suddenly

The plane's engines suddenly cut out. [=cut off]

2 chiefly US : to leave quickly and suddenly

We were in a hurry to get home, so we cut out before the performance ended.

3 chiefly US : to move out of a line of traffic

The other car/driver cut out from behind and sped ahead of us.

4 cut (something) out or cut out (something)
4 a : to form (something) by cutting with a sharp tool

He got a piece of red paper and cut out a big heart. = He cut a big heart out of a piece of red paper.

— sometimes used figuratively

She cut out [=carved out] a place for herself in history. [=she caused herself to be important in history]

see also cut 5 (above), 1, cutout
4 b : to remove (something) by cutting

I cut out the recipe from a magazine.

cutting out newspaper articles

Doctors cut out the lump from her chest.

4 c : to remove (something) from something

Fortunately, they cut [=took] that scene out of the movie.

He cut out sugar from his diet and began eating more fruits and vegetables.

I focused on my work and cut out everything else in my life.

4 d : to stop doing (something)

I've cut down on the number of cigarettes I smoke, but I'd like to cut out [=give up] smoking altogether.

I told you to cut that out! [=I told you to stop that]

That's enough, kids. I mean it! Cut it out!

4 e
◇ If your legs, feet, or knees are cut out from under you, you are knocked down by something that hits your legs very hard. This phrase is often used figuratively.

When I learned that I was seriously ill, I felt like my feet were cut out from under me.

The financial legs had been cut out from under the program. [=the program lost money and could not do what it needed to do]

5 cut (someone) out or cut out (someone) : to cause (someone) to no longer be included in something

She cut all of her children out of her will and left everything to her grandchildren.

Don't cut me out of your life completely!

We can save money by cutting out the middleman and ordering our supplies directly from the manufacturer.

6
◇ If you are cut out for (something) or cut out to do/be (something), you are naturally able or suited to do or be something.

Why do you think that you're cut out for this job? [=why would you be good at this job?]

I'm really not cut out for this kind of work. [=I'm not naturally good at it]

He's not cut out to be a teacher. = He's not cut out to teach.

— see also have your work cut out for you at work, 2
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Main Entry:cut

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ˌcut ˈout derived
if a motor or an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working
related noun cut-out
Main entry:cutderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.