cut a rug

Example Sentences

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Do we cut a rug out in public?

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

Aside from weddings or other milestone occasions, when was the last time you really cut a rug?

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2023

The former competitive dancer determinedly left the bandstand to cut a rug during the Serenader Sisters’ peppy rendition of “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” dancing for the first time in several years.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2019

And as Player cut a rug to the sound of the Bee Gees, he also took a cut as if he were taking a crack a par 3.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 4, 2017

In modern-day Iran, men and women aren’t technically allowed to celebrate in the same room together, but many are willing to break the law to cut a rug.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi