cuts up

Chops into pieces

Cuts up has several distinct uses.

Someone who cuts up acts silly or clownish to get laughs: He was always cutting up in class.

To cut up something is to slice it into pieces: She cut up the vegetables for the stew.

To be cut up (chiefly British) is to be emotionally distressed: He was really cut up about the divorce.

Related

julienne · divide · jest · prank · mock · entertain · shred · snip · dissect · cube · fragment · fillet · disrupt · butchers · sever · tease · roughhouse · carve

Opposites
physical division

cuts upassembles

Brings components together

joins · combines · puts together · preserves · unites

behavioral demeanor

cuts upsits still

Remains seated without movement

toes the line

emotional distress (British/informal)

cuts upshrugs off

Dismisses without concern

brushes off

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G