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as in to die
to stop functioning
the engine abruptly cut out
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2
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
now cut that out, or I'm turning this car around!
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as in to exit
to leave a place often for another
after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out
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as in capable
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Recent Examples of cut out
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Although Bay had their work cut out for them, Kundananji went on to score the game-winning goal to bring the final scoreline to a 3-2 victory.
—Jackie Gutierrez, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The organization will only have their work cut out for them after the presidential election, says TC Caldwell, executive director for TKO Society.
—Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
Given the fantastical multi-generational tale following the Buendía family and the founding of the mythical town of Macondo, the Colombian series producer Dynamo had its work cut out.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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The film cuts out before another beat that would establish Paxton’s evolution one way or another.
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Two members of the Secret Service died in the attacks.Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Her sister Lauren Bessette, 34, and husband John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, also died in the crash.Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Reviews are far more mixed for the sequel, but that‘s not stopping families from rushing out over the holiday.Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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That would require Senate Republicans to resist by repeatedly coming back into session to stop it.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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Line judge Carl Johnson exited the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers matchup after being hit by a Packers player in the third quarter on Thursday Night Football.Valentina Martinez, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Police in hot pursuit exited their vehicles with their weapons drawn and ordered Ferguson and his girlfriend to get out of the vehicle with their hands up.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, a Snoopy balloon in his astronaut costume replaced Charlie Brown.Gillian Telling, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Cincinnati City Councilwoman Meeka Owens expects to announce who will replace Reggie Harris on council Friday morning.Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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The 1970s wasn’t a great decade for the studio, but songs like this show that Disney was still capable of creative wonder.Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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Many people believed that faeries were capable of all sorts of wicked tricks: Stealing babies or children and replacing them with changelings, making devilish bargains, trapping people in the Otherworld for eternity.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Naples leads 7-6. Jones failed on a 27-yard field goal attempt.Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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Without more specific support, Plaintiff fails to overcome the prejudice to Defendants and public interest factors implicated here.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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After Veda's sudden death, the company had ceased production, with fans and collectors willing to pay exorbitant amounts for one of the original 28 games that were created.Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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This philosophical novel consists of the diary entries of a woman for whom the days have ceased to pass.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Participants will depart from Falls City at 9:30 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. for pizza and drinks.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
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In fact, employees departing under negative circumstances may pose a higher risk.Andrew Sever, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Cut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20out. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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