Read full poem →Towards her, show'd me, past a doubt,
Honoria had been quite cut out.
'Tis very strange; for Mrs. Graham,
Dictionary Entry
To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something).
In a Sentence
“He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon”
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Poetry examples for “cut out”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →That are bound between its pithy joints--
Then you cut out strings, with a bridge in the middle,
With a corn-stalk bow for a corn-stalk fiddle.
Read full poem →per cent sure way not to have a baby, it said in an article my mother
cut out of the Reader’s Digest and mailed to me at college. This
article was written by a married woman lawyer with children and
Read full poem →They stand like shadows about the green landscape
Or even like black holes cut out of it.
Read full poem →Remove the draft and cut out this form. First cut
Line 24, allowing one-half inch for a seam, then cut Line
Read full poem →Take the draft off and cut out the lining. Leave the
114, inches on the front line or Line 1 for hems. Allow 3