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Cut out

verb
Word Frequency: 5.6

Definitions

1.verbTo refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something).
"He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon"
2.verbTo remove, omit.
"If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits."
3.verbTo oust, to replace.
4.verbTo separate from a herd.
"The cowboy cut out the unbranded heifers."
5.verbTo stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
"Can you say that again? You keep cutting out."
6.verbTo leave suddenly.
"He must have cut out of the party."
7.verb(usually in passive) To arrange or prepare.
"He has his work cut out for him."
8.verbTo intercept.
9.verbTo take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
10.adjectiveWell suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
"I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites."

Synonyms

cut downcut offscratch outcutcut shortcut the cheeseexectoutcutoffcutexcisecut awaypare
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