cut out

Verb

Plain form cut out

Third-person singular cuts out

Past tense cut out

Past participle cut out

Present participle cutting out

1. If you cut out something, you cut it and separate it.

   Cut out the letter and place it on my desk, please.

2. (transitive) If you cut out doing something, you stop doing it.

   He had to cut out smoking so that he could run the marathon.

3. (intransitive) If something cuts out, it suddenly stops working.

   The engine of the plane suddenly cut out.