cut_and_run
World English Dictionary
cut (kʌt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (sometimes foll by out) (often foll by down) (when intr, foll by across or through) , cuts, cutting, cut
1.  to open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash
2.  (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing)
3.  to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument: cut a slice of bread
4.  (intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts
5.  (tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clipping: to cut hair
6.  (tr) to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc)
7.  (tr) to geld or castrate
8.  to make, form, or shape by cutting: to cut a suit
9.  (tr) to hollow or dig out; excavate: to cut a tunnel through the mountain
10.  to strike (an object) sharply
11.  (tr) sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short
12.  cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat
13.  to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action
14.  informal (tr) to refuse to recognize; snub
15.  informal (tr) to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in haste: to cut class
16.  (tr) to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts
17.  to lower, reduce, or curtail: to cut losses
18.  (tr) to dilute or weaken: heroin that was cut with nontoxic elements
19.  (tr) to dissolve or break up: to cut fat
20.  to cross or traverse: the footpath cuts through the field
21.  (intr) to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer
22.  to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums
23.  (intr) films
 a.  to call a halt to a shooting sequence
 b.  (foll by to) to move quickly to another scene
24.  films to edit (film)
25.  (tr) to switch off (a light, car engine, etc)
26.  (tr) (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc)
27.  cards
 a.  to divide (the pack) at random into two parts after shuffling
 b.  (intr) to pick cards from a spread pack to decide dealer, partners, etc
28.  (tr) to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc
29.  (tr) (of a tool) to bite into (an object)
30.  (intr) (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot
31.  cut a caper, cut capers
 a.  to skip or jump playfully
 b.  to act or behave playfully; frolic
32.  cut both ways
 a.  to have both good and bad effects
 b.  to affect both sides of something, as two parties in an argument, etc
33.  cut a dash to behave or dress showily or strikingly; make a stylish impression
34.  informal cut a person dead to ignore a person completely
35.  cut a good figure to appear or behave well
36.  cut a poor figure to appear or behave badly
37.  informal cut and run to make a rapid escape
38.  slang cut it be successful in doing something
39.  informal cut it fine to allow little margin of time, space, etc
40.  cut corners to do something in the easiest or shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards: we could finish this project early only if we cut corners
41.  cut loose to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
42.  informal cut no ice to fail to make an impression
43.  cut one's losses to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity
44.  informal cut one's teeth on
 a.  to use at an early age or stage
 b.  to practise on
 
—adj
45.  detached, divided, or separated by cutting
46.  botany incised or divided: cut leaves
47.  made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting
48.  reduced or diminished by or as if by cutting: cut prices
49.  gelded or castrated
50.  weakened or diluted
51.  (Brit) a slang word for drunk
52.  hurt; resentful
53.  informal cut and dried settled or arranged in advance
54.  (Austral), (NZ) cut lunch a sandwich lunch carried from home to work, school, etc
 
—n
55.  the act of cutting
56.  a stroke or incision made by cutting; gash
57.  a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the whole: a cut of meat
58.  the edge of anything cut or sliced
59.  a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out
60.  an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play
61.  a reduction in price, salary, etc
62.  a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc
63.  short for power cut
64.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation
65.  informal a portion or share
66.  informal a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots
67.  the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion
68.  a.  informal (Irish) a person's general appearance: I didn't like the cut of him
 b.  derogatory (Irish) a dirty or untidy condition: look at the cut of your shoes
69.  a direct route; short cut
70.  the US name for block
71.  sport the spin of a cut ball
72.  cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position
73.  films an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together
74.  informal an individual piece of music on a record; track
75.  words or an action that hurt another person's feelings
76.  a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub
77.  informal chiefly (US) an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class
78.  chem a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining
79.  the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool
80.  a.  the shape of the teeth of a file
 b.  their coarseness or fineness
81.  (Brit) a stretch of water, esp a canal
82.  informal a cut above superior (to); better (than)
83.  golf make the cut to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds
84.  golf miss the cut to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds
 
[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kutte to cut, Icelandic kuti small knife]

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Word Origin & History

cut
late 13c., possibly Scandinavian, from N.Gmc. *kut-, or from O.Fr. couteau "knife." Replaced O.E. ceorfan "carve," sniþan, and scieran "shear." Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. The noun meaning "gash, incision" is attested from 1520s; meaning "piece cut
off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s. To cut a pack of cards is from 1590s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

cut (kŭt)
v. cut, cut·ting, cuts

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.

  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.

  3. To make an incision or a separation.

  4. To have a new tooth grow through the gums.

  5. To form or shape by severing or incising.

  6. To separate from a body; detach.

  7. To lessen the strength of; dilute.

n.

  1. The act of cutting.

  2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.

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Slang Dictionary

cut definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : He got cut on beer, which is unusual for him.
  2. tv.
    to dilute something. : She always cuts her eggnog with cola. Yuck!
  3. n.
    a share of the loot or the profits. (Originally underworld.) : You'll get your cut when everybody else does.
  4. n.
    a single song or section of music on a record. : This next cut is one everybody likes.
  5. tv.
    to eliminate something; to stop (doing something). : Okay, chum, cut the clowning.
  6. mod.
    muscular; with well-defined muscles, especially in reference to the abdominal muscles. : He works out and he's really cut!
  7. mod.
    circumcised. (Not usually prenominal.) : I'm not cut and neither is my brother.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cut and run definition


  1. in.
    to stop what one is doing and flee. : The cops were coming, so we cut and run.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cut (up) definition


  1. mod.
    having well-defined abdominal muscles. : Andy works hard to try to get a gut that's cut.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases

cut and run

Clear out, escape, desert, as in He wished he could just cut and run. This term originally (about 1700) meant to cut a vessel's anchor cable and make sail at once. By the mid-1800s it was being used figuratively. Charles Dickens had it in Great Expectations (1861): "I'd give a shilling if they had cut and run." Also see cut out, def. 7.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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