Main Entry: ¹cut out

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to form by erosion
2 : to determine or assign through necessity <you've got your work cut out for you>
3 : to take the place of : supplant
4 : to put an end to : desist from <cut out wasteful spending>
5 : deprive, defraud <cut him out of his share>
6 a : to remove from a series or circuit : disconnect <cut out a car from a train> b : to make inoperativeintransitive verb 1 : to depart in haste
2 : to cease operating
3 : to swerve out of a traffic line