cut out for

phrase

variants 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. 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 He was not cut out for corporate life, forever trying to please an impossible father. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023 All of that means that professionals who master and encode audio for distribution on streaming networks have their work cut out for them. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cut out for

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“Cut out for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20out%20for. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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