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cut out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cut out

1 to stop functioning
  • The engine abruptly cut out.
Synonyms of cut out

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall
Words Related to cut out

fizzle, sputter, wheeze

act up, malfunction

jam
Antonyms of cut out

start (up)
2 to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
  • Now cut that out, or I'm turning this car around!
Synonyms of cut out

break, break off, break up, can [slang], cease, cut off, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop
Words Related to cut out

complete, conclude, finish

close (down)

deactivate

block, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stem

call, suspend

arrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

pause, stay, suspend
Phrases Synonymous with cut out

have done with, put the kibosh on
Near Antonyms of cut out

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run on

advance, proceed, progress
3 to leave a place often for another
  • After a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out.
Synonyms of cut out

bail, bail out, begone, bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out
Words Related to cut out

set out, start, strike out

abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip

go out, light out, step out

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

emigrate

adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw
Phrases Synonymous with cut out

beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
Near Antonyms of cut out

abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry

approach, close, near

hit, land, reach
Antonyms of cut out

arrive, come, show up, turn up
4 to take the place of
  • This ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years.
Synonyms of cut out

displace, displant, relieve, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant
Words Related to cut out

preempt, usurp

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