cut out

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === cut out (third-person singular simple present cuts out, present participle cutting out, simple past and past participle cut out) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument. (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). (transitive) To remove; to omit. (transitive) To oust; to replace. (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd. (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. (intransitive) To leave suddenly. (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare. (transitive) To intercept. (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore. (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines. (Australia, New Zealand) To spend (money). ==== Usage notes ==== In many senses, the object can come before or after out, but if the object is a pronoun, it must come before out. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === cut out (comparative more cut out, superlative most cut out) (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. ==== Translations ==== === See also === have one's work cut out for one === References === “cut out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “be cut out for”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === outcut