"cut away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts away [present, singular, third-person], cutting away [participle, present], cut away [participle, past], cut away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> away}} cut away (third-person singular simple present cuts away, present participle cutting away, simple past and past participle cut away)
  1. (recorded media) To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
    Sense id: en-cut_away-en-verb-Owr1Mi-x
  2. (transitive) to cut out something; to remove all or portions of a damaged or diseased area by cutting Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_away-en-verb-QGyNgktf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 20 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cut away meaning in English (1.8kB)

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