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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Many beneficiaries have their Medicare premiums withdrawn from their Social Security checks, so that will directly cut into their COLA.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
If the tree is too large to cut into sections, schedule a bulky pickup or bring the tree for recycling to the Otay Landfill and Compost Facility, 1700 Maxwell Road.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
But in a 2024 letter to investors, Buffett stated that wildfires and other climate risks would increasingly cut into utility profits.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Cool rice noodle sheets are laid with hunks of the seafood, pickled shiitake, garlic butter sauce and nuoc cham, cut into pieces with scissors at the table.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
If the tree is too large to cut into sections, schedule a bulky pickup or bring the tree for recycling to the Otay Landfill and Compost Facility, 1700 Maxwell Road.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
But in a 2024 letter to investors, Buffett stated that wildfires and other climate risks would increasingly cut into utility profits.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Cool rice noodle sheets are laid with hunks of the seafood, pickled shiitake, garlic butter sauce and nuoc cham, cut into pieces with scissors at the table.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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“Cut into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20into. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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