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[cut out] (2)  {adj.}

1. Made ready; given for action; facing.

Mary agreed to stay with her teacher's children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her.

- Often used in the phrase "have one's work cut out for one."

* /If Mr. Perkins  […]

[cut rate] (1)  {n.}

A lower price; a price less than usual.

[cut-rate] (2)  {adj.}

Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things.

If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first.

John's brother bought a cut-rate bicycle at the second-hand store.

* /There is a cut-rate  […]

[cut short]  {v.}

To stop or interrupt suddenly; end suddenly or too soon.

Rain cut short the ball game.

An auto accident cut short the man's life.

* /When Dick began to tell about his summer vacation the teacher cut him short, saying "Tell us  […]

[cut teeth]  {v. phr.}

1. To have teeth grow out through the gums.

The baby was cross because he was cutting teeth.

2. or [cut eye teeth]  {informal}

To learn something very early in life; gain experience; start by learning or doing. — Used with a  […]

[cut the ground from under]  {v. phr.}  {informal}

To make (someone) fail; upset the plans of; spoil the argument for (a person) in advance.

* /Paul wanted to he captain but we cut the ground from under him by saying that Henry was the best player on the  […]

[cut the mustard]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

To do well enough in what needs to be done; to succeed.

[cut-throat]  {adj.}

Severe; intense; unrelenting.

[cut to pieces]  {v. phr.}

1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely.

Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors.

2. To destroy or defeat completely.

The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians.

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[cut to the bone]  {v. phr.}

To make (something) the least or smallest possible amount; reduce severely; leave out everything extra or unnecessary from.

Father cut Jane's allowance to the bone for disobeying him.

* /When father lost his job, our  […]