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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The Nets never meaningfully cut into the gap down the stretch.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
After a short-range bullet off the right foot of Wyatt Gerstenslager was blocked away by Hoover goalkeeper Gael Pomposo, senior Julian Tafolla cut into the box, and on the second chance opportunity and fired a shot into the top-left corner of the net to give UC the early 1-0 lead.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
His first proposal for a major public work, titled Play Mountain, was a playground that looked like a Surrealist amphitheater cut into the earth or maybe a distant precursor to the land art of Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 Feb. 2026
At Big Ma’s, the ribs are cut into manageable pieces, with just enough fat to leave the meat unctuous but easy to eat.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
After a short-range bullet off the right foot of Wyatt Gerstenslager was blocked away by Hoover goalkeeper Gael Pomposo, senior Julian Tafolla cut into the box, and on the second chance opportunity and fired a shot into the top-left corner of the net to give UC the early 1-0 lead.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
His first proposal for a major public work, titled Play Mountain, was a playground that looked like a Surrealist amphitheater cut into the earth or maybe a distant precursor to the land art of Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 Feb. 2026
At Big Ma’s, the ribs are cut into manageable pieces, with just enough fat to leave the meat unctuous but easy to eat.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Cut into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20into. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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