to be cut out for something

  • 1cut out for something — cut out for (something) to be the right type of person to do something. Ron tried college a couple times, but he finally decided he wasn t cut out for higher education …

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  • 2not cut out for something —    If you are not cut out for something, you are not the sort of person to succeed or be happy in a particular activity.     I started studying medicine but I quickly realized I wasn t cut out for it …

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  • 3(be) cut out for something — be ˌcut ˈout for sth | be ˌcut ˈout to be sth derived (informal) to have the qualities and abilities needed for sth • He s not cut out for teaching. • He s not cut out to be a teacher. Main entry: ↑ …

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  • 4cut out for — (something) to be the right type of person to do something. Ron tried college a couple times, but he finally decided he wasn t cut out for higher education …

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  • 5have your work cut out for you — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… …

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  • 6have your work cut out for — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… …

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  • 7have work cut out for you — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… …

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  • 8have work cut out for — have (your) work cut out (for (you)) if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do. We re training a completely new team, so we ve got our work cut out for us. Have you seen the state of the garden? She ll have her work… …

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  • 9have your work cut out for you — INFORMAL ► to have something very difficult to do: »The government has its work cut out for it trying to reduce the national deficit. Main Entry: ↑work …

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  • 10have (your) work cut out for (you) — to have to do something you know will be difficult. If that report is going to be finished by tomorrow, she has her work cut out for her …

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