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accounting cut your cheque and send it at once. 11 cut back. a
See 5, above. b See 8, above. 12 Often, cut dead. snub,
slight, spurn, shun, ignore, give the cold shoulder (to):
Cornelia had the gall to cut Jason dead at his own party. 13
cut down. a fell, chop or hew down: Don't cut down that tree!
b kill, cut off, murder, assassinate: He was cut down in his
prime. 14 cut in. interrupt, intrude, interfere, Colloq butt
in: Please don't cut in on our conversation. 15 cut off. a
cleave, sever, chop or lop or hack off: Cut the branch off near
the trunk. b intercept, interrupt, discontinue, end, stop,
terminate, break off: There was a click and our phone
conversation was cut off. c separate, sever, split, estrange:
He's been cut off from the family for years. d disinherit,
disown, reject: She was cut off with a shilling. 16 cut out.
a delete, remove, excise, strike or cross out, edit out, omit,
cut, kill, Technical dele: The publishers made me cut out parts
of the book that they were advised might be libellous. b
extract, excise, remove, resect: My appendix was cut out years
ago. c stop, cease, desist (from), quit: Whenever it rains the
engine cuts out. Cut out the clowning around. d suit, equip,
fit: I don't think Cyril's cut out to be a lumberjack. e plan,
prepare, ready, organize, destine: He certainly has his work
cut out for him! 17 cut up. a chop (up), dice, cube, mince,
cut, divide (up), carve (up): Cut the celery up very small. b
misbehave: The football supporters began to cut up rough. 18
cut up rough. get angry, lose one's temper, show resentment:
The driver began to cut up rough when I refused to pay.
--n. 19 gash, slash, incision, nick, wound: I got a nasty cut
from that razor. 20 share, portion, percentage, piece,
dividend, commission: Blatchley gets a cut on every car we
sell. 21 reduction, cut-back, curtailment, decrease: The
government's cuts in spending affect us all. 22 deletion,
excision, omission: The author refuses to approve the cuts in
the script. 23 affront, insult, offence, slight, snub, dig,
jibe, slap in the face, cold shoulder: The unkindest cut was
the accusation of cheating. 24 engraving, plate: This cut is
too badly worn for use now. 25 artwork, picture, illustration,
plate, drawing, line cut, line engraving, half-tone: The book
has 300 cuts and only 20 pages of text.
--adj. 26 separated, detached, severed: I prefer cut flowers
to a plant. 27 abridged, abbreviated, cut-down, shortened,