Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of cutting out
- the engine abruptly cut out
- now cut that out, or I'm turning this car around!
completing, concluding, finishing
blockading, blocking, damming, delaying, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, kiboshing, obstructing, stemming
arresting, braking, checking, clamping down, reining (in), squashing, squelching, stamping, stanching (or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back
abolishing, aborting, annulling, demolishing, destroying, dissolving, killing, ruining, scuttling, snuffing
- after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out
bailing, bailing out, booking [slang], buggering off [British slang], bugging off, bugging out, buzzing (off), clearing off [chiefly British], clearing out, departing, digging out, exiting, getting, getting off, going, going off, moving, packing (up or off), parting, peeling off, piking (out or off), pulling out, pushing off, pushing on, quitting, running along, sallying (forth), scarpering [British], shoving (off), stepping (along), taking off, vamoosing, walking out
setting out, starting, striking out
absconding, decamping, escaping, evacuating, fleeing, flying, getting out, mizzling [chiefly British], running away, scatting, scramming, skipping
going out, lighting out, stepping out
- this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years
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