cut about
cut about · cuts about · cut about · cutting about
To go aroundTo go around (move from person to person).
» Tom gets his hair cut about three times a year.
Meaning
1 senses(Scotland, idiomatic, slang)To go around (move from person to person).
Calum’s always cutting about spouting shite about his pals.
Examples
2 sentencesTom gets his hair cut about three times a year.
The power cut out for about 15 minutes.
deEs war etwa eine Viertelstunde kein Strom da.
Forms
cuts about, cutting about, cut about, cut about| Base form | cut about · to cut about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cuts about |
| Present participle | cutting about |
| Past simple | cut about |
| Past participle | cut about |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- cut upперебитиTo cut upward.
- cut offперебитиTo remove by cutting.
- cut outзрубати, зрубуватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
- cut inвставити, вкластиTo intrude or interrupt.
- cut downзрубати, зрубуватиTo cut downward.
- cut backрізати, рубатиTo reduce the amount of (something).
- cut intoкопати, ритиSynonym of cut in (to include)
- cut throughпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut through.
More 7
- cut acrossпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut over or through (a place).
- cut roundхизуватися, кокетуватиTo show off; to be performative.
- cut onTo turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
- cut awayTo fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
- cut alongTo depart for another place; make a move; set off.
- cut aboutTo go around (move from person to person).
- cut underTo undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb