cut it out
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mr. Baker has written a fine article, so persuasive that I’ve cut it out of the paper and put it in my wallet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
They sent a very strong signal to the 5th Circuit to cut it out.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2024
Gabriel Martinelli tries to flick the ball through into the left channel for Arsenal but the old veteran Pepe is there to cut it out.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024
The injunction specifically ordered White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI to cut it out.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2023
The dad yelled at him to cut it out, that he needed to learn his lesson.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
