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reduce
abridge
stop
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ignore
a cut above something or someone
cut and dried
cut out for something
cut someone down to size
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- make (someone) look small
- humble
- humiliate
- bring low
- take (someone) down a peg
- abash
- crush
- put (someone) in their place
- take the wind out of (someone's) sails
cut someone off: separate
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cut someone off: disinherit
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cut something back: reduce
cut something off
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- discontinue
- disconnect
- suspend
- halt
- obstruct
- bring to an end
cut something short
Synonyms for cut
to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument
to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
to slight (someone) deliberately
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cut across: to pass through or over
cut back: to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
cut down: to cause to fall, as from a shot or blow
cut down: to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
cut in: to interject remarks or questions into another's discourse
cut out: to desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)
cut out: to move or proceed away from a place
cut up: to behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion
the act or process of decreasing
that which is allotted
a deliberate slight
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a share of the profits
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
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a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
a remark capable of wounding mentally
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a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
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the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
the style in which a garment is cut
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a canal made by erosion or excavation
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a refusal to recognize someone you know
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in baseball
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(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
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the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
the act of cutting something into parts
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
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the act of reducing the amount or number
an unexcused absence from class
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separate with or as if with an instrument
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- manicure
- scissor
- plane
- shave
- slice up
- slice
- pink
- jag
- cut up
- carve
- chip at
- dice
- cube
- julienne
- hack
- chop
- undercut
- chop up
- fell
- strike down
- cut down
- drop
- chip
- nick
- snick
- knap
- break off
- cut off
- trim
- pare
- circumcise
- chamfer
- furrow
- chase
- indent
- mortice
- mortise
- mow
- shear
- gash
- slash
- tap
- hob
- drill
- bore
- clip
- nip off
- snip
- snip off
- nip
- dissect
- bisect
- transect
- trisect
- whittle
- chatter
- cut away
- tomahawk
- saber
- sabre
- rebate
- cradle
- incise
- trench
- tail
- bob
- dock
- disunite
- separate
- part
- divide
- slit
- saw
- lop
- sever
- discerp
- bevel
- crosscut
- cut across
- rip
- cut into
- delve
- dig
- turn over
- scratch out
- cut out