1.
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.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P
2.
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
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P n (not pron) from/of n
3.
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
PHRASAL VERB : V n P , V P n (not pron)
4.
If you tell someone to cut something out , you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it. ( INFORMAL )
Do yourself a favour, and cut that behaviour out...
‘Cut it out, Chip,’ I said...
He had better cut out the nonsense.
= stop
PHRASAL VERB : V n P , V it P , V P n (not pron) [ feelings ]
5.
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
PHRASAL VERB : V n P of n , V n P of n , be V-ed P , also V P n (not pron)
6.
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.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron)
7.
If an engine cuts out , it suddenly stops working.
The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
8.
to have your work cut out: see work
see also cut out , cut-out