cut it out
Stop, desist, as in Cut it out, stop teasing your sister. [c. 1900] Also see cut it, def. 1.
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cutis rhomboidalis nuchae, cutis vera, cutis verticis gyrata, cut it, cut it fine, cut it out, cutlass, cutlassfish, cutler, cutlery, cutlet
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