cut out
adjective / verb
What it means
- adjective having been cut out “the cut-out pieces of the dress”
- verb cease operating “The pump suddenly cut out”
- verb delete or remove “Cut out the extra text”
- verb form and create by cutting out “Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper”
- verb intercept (a player)
- verb cut off and stop “The bicyclist was cut out by the van”
- verb strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out “scratch out my name on that list”