as in horsing around
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering
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Recent Examples of cutting up
Ford is planning on cutting up to 1,000 roles in electric-vehicle production in Germany.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Proposition 50 would turn back the clock of progress, cutting up our neighborhoods for political gain and silencing the very voices that fought hardest for fairness.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The large surface makes cutting up fruits, veggies and meat easy.
—Christopher Murray
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Proposition 50 would turn back the clock of progress, cutting up our neighborhoods for political gain and silencing the very voices that fought hardest for fairness.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The large surface makes cutting up fruits, veggies and meat easy.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting up
Verb
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Sturm said his back started acting up after the team’s first practice.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mature parents do not slap their children across the face for acting up.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The video, shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), captures the robot showing off its Kung Fu moves on the red carpet in a playful face-off with the popular actor and musician.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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For many years, Alex has been a tremendous unofficial brand ambassador for Nevada, showing off the incredible climbing available in his home state.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gisin hopes that by fooling around with measurements of these more exotic states, physicists will come to better understand the role of measurement in general.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Cutting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutting%20up. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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