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cut out something

to end or stop something. You should cut out eating ice cream and get more exercise. We cut out cable TV and have saved a lot of money. She wants to cut meat out of her diet altogether.

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They were exactly alike, from one end of the line to the other, and all were cut out of paper and joined together in the centers of their bodies. The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context "There's lots o' dead wood as ought to be cut out," he said. The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context Has a piece cut out of each ear, and the middle finger of the left hand cut off to the second joint. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

References in classic literature

They were exactly alike, from one end of the line to the other, and all were cut out of paper and joined together in the centers of their bodies.

The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

"There's lots o' dead wood as ought to be cut out," he said.

The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context

Has a piece cut out of each ear, and the middle finger of the left hand cut off to the second joint.

American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context

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