Wiktionary
(context idiomatic English) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. v
1 (&lit cut out English) To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever 2 (context transitive English) To refrain from (doing something, using something et
), to stop/cease (doing something). 3 (context transitive English) To remove, omit. 4 (context transitive English) To oust, to replace. 5 (context transitive English) To separate from a her
6 (context intransitive English) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. 7 (context intransitive English) To leave suddenly. 8 (context usually in passive English) To arrang
9 (context transitive English) To intercept
WordNet
adj. having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"
v. delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"
form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a piece of paper in the shape of a guitar"
cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" [syn: cut off]
strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list" [syn: scratch out]
intercept (a player) [syn: cut down]
cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
Usage examples of "cut out".
Rather illegal, I suppose, but it suddenly seemed like such an easy way to cut out a lot of red tape and heel-cooling.
He was a great serpentlike head, seeming to have been cut out of a cliff.