cutting out
Stopping or removing
Cutting out covers several related actions involving removal or separation.
You might cut out a newspaper article with scissors, cut out sugar from your diet, or cut out a middleman from a transaction.
When an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops running.
If you're not cut out for something, you lack the natural ability or temperament for it: I'm just not cut out for sales.
To tell someone to cut it out is to demand they stop doing something annoying.
Ceasing to continue
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
- droppingLetting something fall
kicking · ditching · weaning off · renouncing · forgoing · discontinuing · avoiding · refraining
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- shapesExternal outlines of things
- stencilCutout pattern for painting
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
pattern · silhouette · collage · scrapbooking · appliqué · decoupage · tracing · trimming
Failing to include
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- removingTaking something out
dropping · ditching · ignoring · sidelining · ostracizing · snubbing · isolating · marginalizing
Intentional delay tactics
- dyingCeasing to live
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces
- breaking downStopping working properly
shutting off · engine failure · power loss · glitching · seizing up · choking · misfiring
Exiting before conclusion
- slipping awayGradually leaving or diminishing
- sneaking offDeparting undetected
- bailingEscaping or emptying water
- taking offStarting upward flight
One who quits early
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- staticWithout motion or change
- breaking upEnding a romantic relationship
- dead zoneArea lacking signal coverage
poor reception · dropped call · blackout · white noise · network failure · no signal
stopping
Ceasing to continue
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
dropping · kicking · ditching · weaning off · renouncing · forgoing · discontinuing · avoiding · refraining · laying off
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
template · pattern · silhouette · collage · scrapbooking · appliqué · decoupage · tracing · trimming · snipping
omitting
Failing to include
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
removing · dropping · ditching · ignoring · sidelining · ostracizing · snubbing · isolating · marginalizing · overlooking
stalling
Intentional delay tactics
- dyingCeasing to live
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces
breaking down · shutting off · engine failure · power loss · glitching · seizing up · choking · misfiring
leaving early
Exiting before conclusion
- slipping awayGradually leaving or diminishing
- sneaking offDeparting undetected
- bailingEscaping or emptying water
taking off · absconding · disappearing · escaping · bolting
dropout
One who quits early
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- staticWithout motion or change
- breaking upEnding a romantic relationship
dead zone · poor reception · dropped call · blackout · white noise · network failure · no signal
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, not working, nonfunctional
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
cutting outinserting
Placing within something
putting in · including · adding · incorporating · integrating
cutting outkeeping up
Maintaining pace or standard
continuing · taking up · starting · beginning · persisting
cutting outstarting up
Beginning operation or activity
kicking in · firing up · engaging · turning on · turning over
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