CUT OUT


Meaning of CUT OUT in English

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

cut out wasteful spending

5. : deprive , defraud

cut him out of his share

6.

a. : to remove from a series or circuit : disconnect

cut out a car from a train

b. : to make inoperative

intransitive verb

1. : to depart in haste

2. : to cease operating

3. : to swerve out of a traffic line

II. adjective

Date: 1645

: naturally fitted or suited

not cut out to be a vet

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.