cut away

1. To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.

   The camera cut away before we could see the reveal.

   The movie cuts away too much and too quickly without letting scenes breathe.

2. (transitive)To cut out something; to remove all or portions of a damaged or diseased area by cutting

   remove by cutting off or away

1. He cut away the dead branches from the tree.

   ruОн срезал мёртвые ветви с дерева.

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2. We cut away all the grass and weeds around the church.

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3. They want to cut us away from our identity.

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4. Ziri used a razor to cut away the skin above the splinter.

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5. You should clean that cut straight away. You don't want to get an infection!

   ruТебе надо сразу промыть этот порез, ты ведь не хочешь получить заражение!

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irregular · Lesson

• 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.