cut into
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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Additionally, recent developments, such as a surge of investors buying homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods and then leaving them vacant, cut into the supply of available homes and inflated the cost of buying a home in the city.
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Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
New York played out of the high post often, allowing Towns to get the ball and throw his water polo-style passes as his teammates cut into open spaces.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The offense cut into the deficit on a Ceddanne Rafaela fielder’s choice in the fifth and a Marcelo Mayer RBI double in the sixth, but by that point the hole was too deep to realistically overcome.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Tim Cook, ever the pragmatist bent on slow-rolling product upgrades that maximize profit, presumably bristled at attempts to cut into the iPhone’s profit margins.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
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Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
New York played out of the high post often, allowing Towns to get the ball and throw his water polo-style passes as his teammates cut into open spaces.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The offense cut into the deficit on a Ceddanne Rafaela fielder’s choice in the fifth and a Marcelo Mayer RBI double in the sixth, but by that point the hole was too deep to realistically overcome.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Tim Cook, ever the pragmatist bent on slow-rolling product upgrades that maximize profit, presumably bristled at attempts to cut into the iPhone’s profit margins.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Cut into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20into. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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