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cut it
Also, cut that . Stop, as in I won't stand for that—cut it! or If you don't cut that, I'll tell . [ Slang ; first half of 1800s] Also see cut it out .
Manage, tolerate, as in I don't know how he can cut it . [ Slang ; c. 1900]
Be effective, prove satisfactory, as in She's getting old and can no longer cut it . [Late 1900s] For a synonym see cut the mustard . Also see the subsequent entries beginning with cut it .
Example Sentences
Once she falls into a mission to discover the truth about her birth mother, she becomes more alert to the world’s brutal simplicity: “The world was a razor cut … It would cut and cut and cut.”
"I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now," Musk replied.
The tech billionaire wrote in reply: "I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now."
Any way you cut it, that’s a lot of misery.
Following an appeal, three judges ruled her sentence was "manifestly excessive" and cut it to three years with a seven-and-a-half year driving ban, a decision Mabli's family said was disappointing.
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