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  • 11cut out — [v] excise, remove carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, exsect, extirpate, extract, give up, oust, pull out, refrain from, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp; concept 211 Ant. add, include …

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  • 12cut out — I verb 1. delete or remove (Freq. 2) Cut out the extra text cut out the newspaper article • Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout • Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑ …

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  • 13cut out — ADJ: usu with brd neg, v link ADJ, ADJ for n, ADJ to inf If you are not cut out for a particular type of work, you do not have the qualities that are needed to be able to do it well. I left medicine anyway. I wasn t really cut out for it... He… …

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  • 14cut out — phrasal verb Word forms cut out : present tense I/you/we/they cut out he/she/it cuts out present participle cutting out past tense cut out past participle cut out 1) a) [transitive] to remove something from a larger piece by cutting cut something …

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  • 15cut\ out — I. v slang 1. To stop; quit. All right, now let s cut out the talking. He was teasing the dog and Joe told him to cut it out. Compare: break up(3) 2. To displace in favor. Tony cut Ed out with Mary. John cut out two or three other men in trying… …

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  • 16cut out — adj. suited 1) cut out for (she wasn t cut out for this job) 2) cut out to + inf. (I wasn t cut out to be an administrator) v. (D; tr.) to cut out from (to cut an article out from the newspaper) * * * [ kʌt aʊt] (D; tr.) to cut out from (to cut… …

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  • 17cut out — I. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to form by erosion 2. to determine or assign through necessity < you ve got your work cut out for you > 3. to take the place of ; supplant 4. to put an end to ; desist from …

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  • 18cut out(2) — {adj.} 1. Made ready; given for action; facing. * /Mary agreed to stay with her teacher s children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her./ Often used in the phrase have one s work cut out for one. * /If Mr. Perkins wants to become a&#8230; …

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  • 19cut out(2) — {adj.} 1. Made ready; given for action; facing. * /Mary agreed to stay with her teacher s children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her./ Often used in the phrase have one s work cut out for one. * /If Mr. Perkins wants to become a&#8230; …

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  • 20cut out — 1) the lifeboat s engines cut out Syn: stop working, stop, fail, give out, break down; informal die, give up the ghost, conk out 2) cut out all the diseased wood Syn: remove, take out, excise, extract; …

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