"cut about" meaning in English

See cut about in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cuts about [present, singular, third-person], cutting about [participle, present], cut about [participle, past], cut about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> about}} cut about (third-person singular simple present cuts about, present participle cutting about, simple past and past participle cut about)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, Scotland) To go around (move from person to person). Tags: Scotland, idiomatic, intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cut about meaning in English (1.3kB)

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