Meaning

12 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.

    Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.

  2. (informal, transitive)To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).

    He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.

    She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out.

    unterlassen, aufhören

    возде́рживатьсяvozdérživatʹsja, воздержа́тьсяvozderžátʹsja

  3. (transitive)To remove; to omit.

    If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.

    weglassen, übergehen, überspringen

    убира́тьubirátʹ, убра́тьubrátʹ

    delete or remove

  4. (transitive)To oust; to replace.

  5. (Australia, New Zealand, US)To separate (an animal) from the herd.

  6. (intransitive)To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.

    It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.

    Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.

    trennen, ausfallen

    cut off and stop

  7. (intransitive)To leave suddenly.

    He must have cut out of the party.

  8. To arrange or prepare.

    He has his work cut out for him.

  9. (transitive)To intercept.

    intercept (a player)

  10. To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.

  11. (Australia, intransitive, slang)To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.

    ausschneiden

    выреза́тьvyrezátʹ, вы́резатьvýrezatʹ

  12. (Australia, New Zealand)To spend (money).

Examples

141 sentences
  1. Cut it out, Tom.

    Припини, Томе.

    ruПрекрати, Том.

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  2. Cut it out.

    Припини.

    ruХватит!

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  3. Cut it out!

    Досить!

    ruХватит!

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  4. Cut that out!

    Припини!

    deHör auf damit!

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  5. He's not cut out for teaching.

    ruОн не годится в учители.

    deEr taugt nicht zum Lehrer.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
refrain from (doing):
remove, omit:
to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
refrain from (doing):
remove, omit:
stop working, be disconnected:
to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:

Forms

cuts out, cutting out, cut out, cut out
Base formcut out · to cut out
3rd person singularcuts out
Present participlecutting out
Past simplecut out
Past participlecut out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycut out
he, she, itcuts out

Past simpleLesson

all personscut out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cut out
he, she, ithas cut out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cut out

Phrasal verbs

15 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcutout
Derivedcut-out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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