cut out

Example Sentences

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Davis has cut out extras at home—he canceled Netflix, Paramount and other streaming channels, and now doesn’t go out to eat more than once a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But not overly: Pro-slavery Southerners, on the fence about a war for freedom, were radicalized by the idea that their economy would be cut out from under them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, says Sir Alex Ferguson told him to cut out the step-overs when he was a plucky youngster at Manchester United baiting Premier League full-backs.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

They’ll have their work cut out for them, with just seven players remaining from the Astros’ 2022 World Series team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

From the front and back of each otherwise ordinary dress a large X had been cut out and replaced with cloth of another color.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom