Excise, remove as if by cutting; also, form or shape as if by cutting or carving. For example, Young children love cutting out pictures from magazines , or The first step is cutting out the dress pattern . The first usage dates from about 1400, the second from the mid-1500s.

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Oust, replace, or supplant someone, as in He cut out all her other boyfriends . [Mid-1600s]

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Also, cut out for . Suited or fitted by nature, as in Dean's not cut out for lexicography . [Mid-1600s]

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Also, cut out for . Assigned beforehand, prepared, predetermined, as in We have our work cut out for us . [Early 1600s]

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Deprive, as in He cut her out of his will . [Early 1800s]

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Stop, cease, as in He cut out the motor , or Cut out that noise! [c. 1900] Also see cut it out .

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Leave, especially in a hurry; also, run away. For example, I'm cutting out right now , or At the first hint of a police raid they cut out . [ Slang ; first half of 1800s] Also see cut and run ; cut the comedy .

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