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cut out

verb cuts out · cutting out · cut out

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument. Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
  2. informal, transitive To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.
  3. transitive To remove; to omit. If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
  4. transitive To oust; to replace. […] cut him out in the affections of his lady-love!
  5. Australia, New Zealand, US To separate (an animal) from the herd. There was little fear that the navigator of the captured Osprey, the man who had lived in Chile and "cut out" cattle on the Carrum Plains, would prove lacking in knowledge of riding, seamanship, or Spanish customs.
  6. intransitive To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.
  7. intransitive To leave suddenly. He must have cut out of the party.
  8. To arrange or prepare. He has his work cut out for him.
  9. transitive To intercept. As lax as the visitors' defence was, Blackpool's backline was solid. In the first half the Seasiders cut out final balls to Meireles, one of Liverpool's best players, on two occasions and after the break the brilliant Craig Cathcart got enough on his headed clearance to prevent Torres from planting
  10. To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
  11. Australia, intransitive, slang To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
  12. Australia, New Zealand To spend (money). After the flicks, Les and I cut out what was left of the cone money on a milkshake.

adjective more cut out · most cut out

  1. idiomatic, in the negative Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.

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verb refrain from (doing)

Españoldejar de, dejar
Françaisarrêter de
Deutschunterlassen, aufhören
Italianosmetterla, finirla
Русскийвозде́рживаться vozdérživatʹsja, воздержа́ться vozderžátʹsja

verb remove, omit

Españolquitar, omitir, saltarse
Françaisenlever, supprimer
Deutschweglassen, übergehen, überspringen
Italianorimuovere, togliere, levare, tagliare
Русскийубира́ть ubirátʹ, убра́ть ubrátʹ

verb stop working, be disconnected

Portuguêscortar
Françaiscaler
Deutschtrennen, ausfallen

verb to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever

Españolrecortar, cortar
Deutschausschneiden
Italianoritagliare
Русскийвыреза́ть vyrezátʹ, вы́резать výrezatʹ

adj well suited for an activity

Españolestar hecho para, servir para, tener talento para, tener madera de, ser apto para, tener madera para
Deutschauf etwas zugeschnitten sein, aus dem rechten Holz geschnitzt sein
Italianoritagliato, adeguato, idoneo

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@misc{cut_out_2026,
  title = {cut out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}