cut out for

Example Sentences

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"He's very self-effacing about it - I think that he just knew he was not cut out for it," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The company has its work cut out for itself.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026

But in this particular case the Wall Street opportunists have their work cut out for them.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

Springsteen once said of Ely: “Thank God he wasn’t born in New Jersey. I would have had a lot more of my work cut out for me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

“I can. But I’ll probably fail it again. I don’t know if I’m cut out for this. For any of this.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy