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- verb transitive To
cut about; cut around;cut up ;cut off ;sever .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And nearly three-quarters of those who favor smaller government said they would prefer it even if it meant spending on domestic programs would becut.
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Head and head of empire soldiers becut in dripping blood, then threw out to universe.
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And nearly three-quarters of those who favor smaller government said they would prefer it even if it meant spending on domestic programs would becut.
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In any event, though, I wish some of these points remained in the op-ed, though I realize that the word limits can be brutal, and can require that a lot of meat becut.
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Both parties have worked pretty hard to ignore the costs of these obligations while assuring the beneficiaries that in no circumstances will their benefits becut.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Treasury Inc.: The Shadow National Debt 2009
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They will regard it as recognition that a grand old club must not becut adrift, that rules may be amended, and that this great game of oursreally does have a big, endlessly generous heart.
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They will regard it as recognition that a grand old club must not becut adrift, that rules may be amended, and that this great game of oursreally does have a big, endlessly generous heart.
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They will regard it as recognition that a grand old club must not becut adrift, that rules may be amended, and that this great game of oursreally does have a big, endlessly generous heart.
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(For example, service may becut by 16 percent in Albuquerque; fares have beenraised 20 percent in Charleston; 600 transit jobsare beingeliminated inSt.
F. Kaid Benfield: The United States of Transit Cutbacks 2009
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When the actual cuts do come down, other ways to cut spending are found, and those jobs aren’t the ones to really becut.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Stimulative Than You Could Have Imagined 2009
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