cut out

adjective

  1. 1

    having been cut out

    the cut-out pieces of the dress

verb

  1. 1

    cease operating

    The pump suddenly cut out

  2. 2

    delete or remove

    Cut out the extra text

    cut out the newspaper article

  3. 3

    intercept (a player)

  4. 4

    cut off and stop

    The bicyclist was cut out by the van

  5. 5

    strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

    scratch out my name on that list

  6. 6

    form and create by cutting out

    Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper

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