- cut someone out
- exclude someone
his mother cut him out of her will
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cut someone out
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cut someone out — exclude someone. → cut … English new terms dictionary
cut someone out without a dime — leave little or nothing for someone in one s will … English contemporary dictionary
cut it out — (informal) To make an end of it, leave off • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * [usu. in imperative] informal used to ask someone to stop doing or saying something that is annoying or offensive I m sick of that joke; cut it out, can t you? … Useful english dictionary
cut it out — If you say cut it out to someone, you are telling them to stop doing something. I ve had enough of your insinuations, so just cut it out! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cut someone/something out — 1 cut out all the diseased wood: REMOVE, take out, excise, extract; snip out, clip out. 2 it s best to cut out alcohol altogether: GIVE UP, refrain from, abstain from, go without; informal quit, leave off, pack in, lay off, knock off … Useful english dictionary
ˌcut sth ˈout — phrasal verb 1) to remove something from a larger piece by cutting I cut this article out of a magazine for you.[/ex] 2) to stop eating something or doing something because it is bad for your health I ve cut out chocolate completely.[/ex] 3) cut… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cut someone/something down — 1 24 hectares of trees were cut down: FELL, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew. 2 he was cut down in his prime: KILL, slaughter, shoot down, mow down, gun down; … Useful english dictionary
cut — adjective make or design (a garment) in a particular way: → cut cut verb (cutting; past and past participle cut) 1》 make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp tool or object. 2》 remove (something) from something larger by… … English new terms dictionary
freeze someone out — (informal) EXCLUDE, leave out, shut out, cut out, ignore, ostracize, spurn, snub, shun, cut, cut dead, turn one s back on, cold shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder, leave out in the cold; Brit. send to Coventry; Brit. informal blank. →… … Useful english dictionary
leave someone out — leave something out 1) Adam left out the address Syn: omit, fail to include, overlook, forget; skip, miss 2) when the roster for Game 2 was drawn up, Harvey was left out Syn: exclude, omit, pass over; … Thesaurus of popular words
