cut a rug

Example Sentences

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Do we cut a rug out in public?

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

What saves “Down in the Weeds” from despair is its stance of battered optimism: “This world is waving goodbye, so cut a rug, let’s throw a party,” Oberst sings with a shrug.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

Back in the early days of jazz, dancers cut a rug to the ragtime ditty “The Shakespearean Rag.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2018

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