(to cut)
101cut up rough — To take something amiss, become difficult or angry • • • Main Entry: ↑cut cut up rough see under ↑cut • • • Main Entry: ↑rough * * * cut up rough Brit informal : to behave in an angry or violent way He got drunk and started to cut up roug …
102cut corners — {v. phr.} 1. To take a short way; not go to each corner. * /He cut corners going home in a hurry./ 2. To save cost or effort; manage in a thrifty way; be saving. * /John s father asked him to cut corners all he could in college./ 3. To do less… …
103cut corners — {v. phr.} 1. To take a short way; not go to each corner. * /He cut corners going home in a hurry./ 2. To save cost or effort; manage in a thrifty way; be saving. * /John s father asked him to cut corners all he could in college./ 3. To do less… …
104Cut-out — may refer to: Cutout animation Cutout (electric power distribution), a combination fuse and knife switch used on power poles Cut out (espionage), a mechanism used to pass information Cut out (recording industry), deeply discounted or remaindered… …
105Cut-the-Knot — is a free, advertisement funded educational website maintained by Alexander Bogomolny and devoted to popular exposition of many topics in mathematics. The site has won more than 20 awards from scientific and educational publications,[1] including …
106Cut-throat Finch — Male Conservation status …
107Cut In (Musikindustrie) — Cut In ist in der Musikindustrie die Bezeichnung für die illegale Praxis, eine oder mehrere Personen als Komponist oder Liedtexter urheberrechtlich anzumelden oder zuzulassen, die keinerlei geistige Beiträge zum Entstehen eines bestimmten… …
108cut and dry — or cut and dried 1. Ready made 2. Fixed beforehand, decided in advance • • • Main Entry: ↑cut cut and dried or cut and dry see under ↑cut • • • Main Entry: ↑dry …
109cut the Gordian knot — To overcome a difficulty by violent measures, as Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot with his sword • • • Main Entry: ↑Gordian * * * cut the Gordian knot phrase to solve a very difficult problem in a quick and determined way that may cause… …
110cut a tooth — phrase if a child cuts a tooth, it starts to grow through the gum Thesaurus: to have or use teethhyponym Main entry: cut * * * (usu.of a baby or child) have a tooth appear through the gum * * * cut a tooth of a baby …
