cutaway
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cutaways
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Also called cutaway coat. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
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Movies, Television.
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a switch from one scene to another for showing simultaneous or related action, creating suspense, etc.
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Also called cutaway shot. a shot that abruptly introduces content, scenery, etc., away from the central action.
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an illustration or scale model having the outer section removed to display the interior.
adjective
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a man's coat cut diagonally from the front waist to the back of the knees
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a drawing or model of a machine, engine, etc, in which part of the casing is omitted to reveal the workings
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( as modifier )
a cutaway model
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films television a shot separate from the main action of a scene, to emphasize something or to show simultaneous events
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Etymology
Origin of cutaway
First recorded in 1835–45; adj., noun use of verb phrase cut away
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The format — with its roving cameras and constant cutaway interviews — seemed like a natural choice for an athlete in the era of “30 for 30” and “The Last Dance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
As for the clapping paws, Pizzello said a member of the crew was also helping make that memorable cutaway happen.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
In their mind, every TV cutaway, photograph or mention of Swift's name diverts praise from Mahomes, the NFL's offensive player of the year Christian McCaffrey and the rest of the stars on the field.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
The Stanford Law professors’ hand gestures and facial expressions played prominently into journalists’ recounts of the proceedings, offering the real-life version of the cutaway shot integral to any courtroom TV show.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023
When the last was out, the resemblance to the cutaway model they used in anatomy classes was only faint.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Whether it’s Morton’s perpetually scowling expression in the infrequent cutaways to Brian’s life back home or the on-the-nose emphasis on looming gray clouds, there’s no question a storm is coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Among this year's melodramatic cutaways to contestants supposedly in their hotel rooms was a clip of Charlotte reading a "Learn Welsh" book, priest Lisa praying and Keith practising his martial arts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
A joke during the show about “Barbie” garnered a stone-faced reaction from star Ryan Gosling, and Taylor Swift grimaced at a joke about the abundance of NFL cutaways to her in stadium stands.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Yes, enough already with all the cutaways to Aaron Rodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
At three-thirty you and he are dressed in cutaways and promptly at three-forty-two you arrive at the church.
From Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises by Donald Ogden Stewart
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