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Definition of cut out 1 in English English dictionary
- If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife. Cut out the coupon and send those cheques off today I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall
- If you cut out a part of a text, you do not print, publish, or broadcast that part, because to include it would make the text too long or unacceptable. I listened to the programme and found they'd cut out all the interesting stuff Her editors wanted her to cut out the poetry from her novel = cut, omit
- to have your work cut out: see work see also cut out, cut-out
- If an object cuts out the light, it is between you and the light so that you are in the dark. The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight
- To cut out something unnecessary or unwanted means to remove it completely from a situation. For example, if you cut out a particular type of food, you stop eating it, usually because it is bad for you. I've simply cut egg yolks out entirely A guilty plea cuts out the need for a long trial. = eliminate
- If you cut someone out of an activity, you do not allow them to be involved in it. If you cut someone out of a will, you do not allow them to share in it. Environmentalists say this would cut them out of the debate over what to do with public lands `Cut her out of your will,' urged his nephew He felt that he was being cut out. = exclude include
- feelings If you tell someone to cut something out, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it. Do yourself a favour, and cut that behaviour out `Cut it out, Chip,' I said He had better cut out the nonsense. = stop
- If an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working. The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out