cut away

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cut something away (from something)

to separate something from something by cutting. The doctor cut the wart away from the patient's foot. She cut away the loose thread.

See also: away, cut

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The blacksmith took my feet in his hand, one after the other, and cut away some of the hoof. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context When this work was accomplished, the miners resumed their picks and cut away the rock from underneath the wheel itself, taking care to support it as they advanced upon blocks of great thickness. From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			cuss cuss a blue streak cuss out custody customer customer is always right cut cut a break cut a check cut a deal cut a figure cut a fine figure cut a rug cut a swath cut a swath through cut a wide swath cut above cut across cut along cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut and dried cut and paste cut and run cut around cut at cut away cut back cut back to cut both ways cut class cut coat according to cloth cut corners cut dead cut down cut down to cut down to size cut eyes at cut eyeteeth on cut from cut from the same cloth cut in cut into cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with cut nose off to spite face			cut adrift cut against the grain Cut All to Shreds cut along cut along Cut Amplified Noise cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut an figure cut an figure cut an figure cut an figure Cut and Come Again Cut and dried Cut and dried Cut and fill Cut and fill cut and fit Cut and longtail Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Artist Cut and run Cut and Sifted cut and thrust cut apart cut around cut at cut away cut away at cut back cut back cut back cut back cut back cut back to cut back zone Cut Bank, Montana cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut bracket cut brick Cut Cancel Cut Cap and Balance Act cut capacity Cut cavendish cut class cut cloth according to means cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut Coat to Suit cloth cut constraint Cut Copy Paste

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