cut out

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Noun Phrase, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

cut out

abjure, abrupt, abscind, abstract, act for, alienate, amputate, annihilate, arrange, avulse, ban, bar, bob, calculate, cast, cast off, cast out, change places with, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, come off, concert, contrive, cooked-up, crop, crowd out, cull, cut, cut adrift, cut and run, cut away, cut off, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, delete, depart, deport, deracinate, design, desist, devise, dig out, dig up, disarticulate, disconnect, discontinue, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, displace, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, disuse, divide, divorce, dock, double for, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, drop, eject, elide, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, estrange, evolve, evulse, excavate, except, excise, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, figure, fill in for, fixed, flee, fly, forecast, frame, get out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, ghost, ghostwrite, give over, give up, gouge out, grub up, have done with, hightail, in the bag, intend, isolate, knock off, lay plans, leave, leave off, let go, liquidate, lop, make a projection, make arrangements, make tracks, methodize, mine, mutilate, nip, nol-pros, not pursue with, on ice, organize, outlaw, packed, pare, part, peel, pick out, pinch-hit, plan, plan ahead, planned, plotted, pluck out, pluck up, prearrange, prearranged, preconcerted, precontrived, premeditated, preordered, program, project, prune, pull, pull away, pull back, pull out, pull up, purge, put behind one, put-up, quarry, quit, rake out, rationalize, relieve, relinquish, remove, renounce, replace, represent, resign, rigged, rip out, root out, root up, rule out, run along, run away, run away from, run off, schedule, schematize, schemed, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, set up, set-up, shape, shave, shear, shut off, spell, spell off, split, stacked, stamp out, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand in for, step aside, stop, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, subrogate, substitute for, subtract, succeed, supersede, supplant, swap places with, sweep away, systematize, take off, take out, take to flight, tear out, throw off, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, truncate, uncouple, understudy for, unearth, unravel, unyoke, uproot, waive, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, work out, work up, wrest out

ROGET THESAURUS

cut out

Plan

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.

Superiority

VB be superior, exceed, excel, transcend, outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod, pass, surpass, get ahead of, over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch, top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out, beat hollow, outstrip, eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint, have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, play first fiddle, preponderate, predominate, prevail, precede, take precedence, come first, come to a head, culminate, beat all others, bear the palm, break the record, take the cake, become larger, render larger.

Remedy

VB apply a remedy, doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster, drain, prevent, relieve, palliate, restore, drench with physic, bleed, cup, let blood, manicure, operate, excise, cut out, incise.

Subtraction

VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.

Substitution

VB substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize, commute, redeem, compound for.