cut into
phrasal verb
cut into; cutting to; cuts into
: to reduce the amount of (something)
Although it would cut into profits, we were forced to lower our prices.
The extra time I was spending at work was cutting into my time with my family.
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Anakonda’s steel hull was built in Quito, then cut into 10 pieces and painstakingly transported some 220 miles by truck on difficult roads before being reassembled in Coca.
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
With all sorts of room in the middle of the ice, Kuraly cut into the high slot and beat Dustin Wolf with a wrister.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
If your cheese is triangular, it can be turned on its side, sliced down the center, and then cut into thin pieces with a bit of rind on one end, Stone says.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
Depending on the variety of marmalade, the rind can be cut into thick pieces or into tiny shreds.
—Amy Sherman, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
With all sorts of room in the middle of the ice, Kuraly cut into the high slot and beat Dustin Wolf with a wrister.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
If your cheese is triangular, it can be turned on its side, sliced down the center, and then cut into thin pieces with a bit of rind on one end, Stone says.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
Depending on the variety of marmalade, the rind can be cut into thick pieces or into tiny shreds.
—Amy Sherman, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Cut into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20into. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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