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[cut out(1)]{v.}, {slang} 1. To stop; quit. •/All right, now — let’s cut out the talking./ •/He was teasing the dog and Joe told him to cut it out./ Compare: BREAK UP(3). 2. To displace in favor. •/Tony cut Ed out with Mary./ •/John cut out two or three other men in trying for a better job./

[cut out(2)]{adj.} 1. Made ready; given for action; facing. •/Mary agreed to stay with her teacher’s children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her./ — Often used in the phrase "have one’s work cut out for one." •/If Mr. Perkins wants to become a senator, he has his work cut out fur him./ 2. Suited to; fitted for. •/Warren seemed to be cut out for the law. It was clear very early that Fred was cut out to he a doctor./

[cut rate(1)]{n.} A lower price; a price less than usual. •/Toys are on sale at the store for cut rates./

[cut-rate(2)]{adj.} Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things. •/If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first./ •/John’s brother bought a cut-rate bicycle at the second-hand store./ •/There is a cut-rate drug-store on the corner./

[cut short]{v.} To stop or interrupt suddenly; end suddenly or too soon. •/Rain cut short the ball game./ •/An auto accident cut short the man’s life./ •/When Dick began to tell about his summer vacation the teacher cut him short, saying "Tell us about that another time."/

[cut teeth]{v. phr.} 1. To have teeth grow out through the gums. •/The baby was cross because he was cutting teeth./ 2. or [cut eye teeth] {informal} To learn something very early in life; gain experience; start by learning or doing. — Used with a possessive, usually used with "on". •/The professional ball player cut his teeth on a baseball bat in the sandlots./ •/Mr. Jones’s company is building the new Post Office in town but Mr. Jones cut his eye teeth as a carpenter./

[cut the ground from under]{v. phr.}{informal} To make (someone) fail; upset the plans of; spoil the argument for (a person) in advance. •/Paul wanted to he captain but we cut the ground from under him by saying that Henry was the best player on the team./ •/Several workers applied for the retiring foreman’s job, but the owner cut the ground from under them by hiring a foreman from another company./

[cut the mustard]{v. phr.}, {slang} To do well enough in what needs to be done; to succeed. •/His older brothers and sisters helped Max through high school, but he couldn’t cut the mustard in college./

[cut-throat]{adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. •/There is cut-throat competition among the various software companies today./

[cut to pieces]{v. phr.} 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. •/Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors./ 2. To destroy or defeat completely. •/The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians./ •/When Dick showed his book report to his big sister for correction, she cut it to pieces./