Cut Definition
- One that is superior to another or others.
- To take on more than one is able to accomplish:
- To leave an unsettled situation or abandon a risky enterprise.
- To make a big display; draw much attention.
- To abandon an activity or enterprise.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cut
- a cut above
- cut a fat hog
- cut and run
- cut a wide swath
- cut bait
- cut both ways
- cut corners
- cut from the same cloth
- cut it
- cut loose
- cut no ice
- cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
- cut (one's) losses
- cut (one's) teeth on
- cut short
- cut (someone) down to size
- cut the cheese
- cut the mustard
- cut to the chase
- a cut above
- cut across
- cut a deal
- cut a figure
- cut and dried
- cut and run
- cut back
- cut dead
- cut down
- cut down to size
- cut in
- cut it
- cut it fine
- cut it out
- cut loose
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut out
- cut short
- cut one's teeth on
- cut through
- cut to the chase
- cut up
- make the cut
Origin of Cut
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From Middle English cutten, kitten, kytten, ketten, ("to cut"; compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)), from Old English *cyttan (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą ("meat, flesh"; > Old Norse Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Akin to Middle Swedish kotta ("to cut or carve with a knife"; > Swedish dialectal kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English cutten
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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