cut out for
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or cut out to do/be
: naturally able or suited to do or be (something)
Why do you think that you're cut out for this job?
He's not cut out to be a teacher.
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Boeing’s cadre of crash test dummies still have their work cut out for them.
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Single digits Pence has his work cut out for him, if polls are any guide.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
Nonetheless, Sunak will have his work cut out for him to convince Biden that the U.K. can play a constructive role in further stabilizing Northern Ireland.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
All of which is to say: Apple has its work cut out for it here.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 June 2023
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Single digits Pence has his work cut out for him, if polls are any guide.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
Nonetheless, Sunak will have his work cut out for him to convince Biden that the U.K. can play a constructive role in further stabilizing Northern Ireland.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
All of which is to say: Apple has its work cut out for it here.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 June 2023
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“Cut out for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20out%20for. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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