cut away

cut away
verb
1. move quickly to another scene or focus when filming (Freq. 1)
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`cut away now!' the director shouted

Hypernyms: ↑cut
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

2. remove by cutting off or away
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cut away the branch that sticks out

Hypernyms: ↑cut
Hyponyms: ↑undercut
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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ˌcut a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cut away he/she/it cuts away present participle cutting away past tense cut away past participle cut away] phrasal verb
to remove the parts of something that you do not want by cutting them

Cut away any dead growth on your roses.

Thesaurus: remove by cuttinghyponym
Main entry: cut

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cut away [phrasal verb]
cut away (something) or cut (something) away : to remove (something that is not needed) by cutting

They cut away [=cut off] a few of the tree's lower branches.

— see also cut 20 (above), 1, cutaway
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Main Entry:cut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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