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- adjective idiomatic Well
suited ;appropriate ;fit for a particular activity or purpose. - verb Used other than as an idiom: see
cut ,out . - verb transitive To
refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), tostop /cease (doing something). - verb transitive To
remove ,omit . - verb transitive To oust, to replace.
- verb transitive To separate from a herd.
- verb intransitive To stop
working , to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to beinaudible , be disconnected. - verb intransitive To leave suddenly.
- verb To arrange.
- verb transitive To
intercept
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synonyms (239)
Words with the same meaning
- abjure
- abrupt
- abscind
- abstract
- act for
- alienate
- amputate
- annihilate
- arrange
- avulse
- ban
- bar
- bob
- calculate
- cast
- cast off
- cast out
- change places with
- chuck
- clear
- clear away
- clear out
- clear the decks
- clip
- come off
- concert
- contrive
- cooked-up
- crop
- crowd out
- cull
- cut
- cut adrift
- cut and run
- cut away
- cut off
- cut-and-dried
- cut-and-dry
- delete
- depart
- deport
- deracinate
- design
- desist
- devise
- dig out
- dig up
- disarticulate
- disconnect
- discontinue
- disengage
- disentangle
- disjoin
- disjoint
- displace
- dispose of
- dissociate
- disunite
- disuse
- divide
- divorce
- dock
- double for
- draw
- draw out
- dredge
- dredge up
- drop
- eject
- elide
- eliminate
- enucleate
- eradicate
- estrange
- evolve
- evulse
- excavate
- except
- excise
- exclude
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- exsect
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- extract
- extricate
- figure
- fill in for
- fixed
- flee
- fly
- forecast
- frame
- get out
- get quit of
- get rid of
- get shut of
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- give over
- give up
- gouge out
- grub up
- have done with
- hightail
- in the bag
- intend
- isolate
- knock off
- lay plans
- leave
- leave off
- let go
- liquidate
- lop
- make a projection
- make arrangements
- make tracks
- methodize
- mine
- mutilate
- nip
- nol-pros
- not pursue with
- on ice
- organize
- outlaw
- packed
- pare
- part
- peel
- pick out
- pinch-hit
- plan
- plan ahead
- planned
- plotted
- pluck out
- pluck up
- prearrange
- prearranged
- preconcerted
- precontrived
- premeditated
- preordered
- program
- project
- prune
- pull
- pull away
- pull back
- pull out
- pull up
- purge
- put behind one
- put-up
- quarry
- quit
- rake out
- rationalize
- relieve
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- replace
- represent
- resign
- rigged
- rip out
- root out
- root up
- rule out
- run along
- run away
- run away from
- run off
- schedule
- schematize
- schemed
- segregate
- separate
- sequester
- set apart
- set aside
- set up
- set-up
- shape
- shave
- shear
- shut off
- spell
- spell off
- split
- stacked
- stamp out
- stand aloof
- stand apart
- stand aside
- stand in for
- step aside
- stop
- strike off
- strike out
- strip
- strip off
- subrogate
- substitute for
- subtract
- succeed
- supersede
- supplant
- swap places with
- sweep away
- systematize
- take off
- take out
- take to flight
- tear out
- throw off
- throw out
- throw over
- throw overboard
- truncate
- uncouple
- understudy for
- unearth
- unravel
- unyoke
- uproot
- waive
- weed out
- wipe out
- withdraw
- work out
- work up
- wrest out
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