ALL meanings of cut and run
cut and run
C c - adjective cut and run fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like: cut diamonds. 1
- adjective cut and run reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices. 1
- adjective cut and run Botany. incised; cleft. 1
- adjective cut and run castrated; gelded. 1
- adjective cut and run Slang. drunk. 1
- noun cut and run the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc. 1
- noun cut and run the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel. 1
- noun cut and run a piece cut off: a cut of a pie. 1
- noun cut and run Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent. 1
- noun cut and run a haircut, often with a styling. 1
- noun cut and run a reduction in price, salary, etc. 1
- noun cut and run the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress. 1
- noun cut and run style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm. 1
- noun cut and run a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods. 1
- noun cut and run an excision or omission of a part. 1
- noun cut and run a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted. 1
- noun cut and run a quantity cut, especially of lumber. 1
- noun cut and run a refusal to recognize an acquaintance. 1
- noun cut and run an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings. 1
- noun cut and run an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing. 1
- noun cut and run a printed picture or illustration. 1
- noun cut and run an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required. 1
- noun cut and run Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece. 1
- noun cut and run Cards. a cutting of the cards. 1
- noun cut and run Sports. the act of cutting a ball. the spin imparted. 1
- noun cut and run Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip. 1
- noun cut and run one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots. 1
- noun cut and run Movies, Television. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film. an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut. an act or instance of editing a film. 1
- noun cut and run an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape. 1
- noun cut and run any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum. 1
- idioms cut and run a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's. 1
- idioms cut and run cut a caper / figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, especially as a result of euphoria. 1
- idioms cut and run cut a figure, cut a caper. to give a certain impression of oneself: He cut a distinguished figure in his tuxedo. 1
- idioms cut and run cut and run, Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee. 1
- idioms cut and run cut back, to shorten by cutting off the end. to curtail or discontinue: Steel production has been cut back in recent months. to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course. 1
- idioms cut and run cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways. 1
- idioms cut and run cut / chop down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of: The novelist had a big ego until the critics cut him down to size. 1
- idioms cut and run cut it, Informal. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired. to be effective or successful; satisfy a need. 1
- idioms cut and run cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out! 1
- verb cut and run (nautical) To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled. 0
- verb cut and run (by extension) To hurry away; to escape. 0
- verb cut and run (military) To abandon a position as quickly as possible. 0