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Definition of Cut up

1. Adjective. Cut into pieces.

2. Verb. Cut to pieces. "They cut up the cape "; "Father carved the ham"

3. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "The madman mutilates art work"

4. Verb. Separate into isolated compartments or categories. "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"

5. Verb. Significantly cut up a manuscript. "They won't cut up the story "

Definition of Cut up

1. Verb. (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To distress mentally or emotionally. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic dated) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up); to misbehave; to act in a playful, comical, boisterous, or unruly manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive idiomatic British) To aggressively move in front of another vehicle while driving. ''US:'' cut off. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) ¹

8. Adjective. Having been cut into smaller pieces. ¹

9. Adjective. Wounded with multiple lacerations. ¹

10. Adjective. (idiomatic) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cut Up

cut splice cut the cheese cut the mustard cut the muster cut the rug cut the umbilical cord cut through cut time cut to cut to black

cut to pieces cut to ribbons cut to the chase cut to the quick cut up cut up rough cut wind cutabilities cutability cutan

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