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cut away

cut away verb: to fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.

Verb

cut away (third-person singular simple present cuts away, present participle cutting away, simple past and past participle cut away)

  1. (recorded media) To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
    • The camera cut away before we could see the reveal.
    • The movie cuts away too much and too quickly without letting scenes breathe.
  2. (transitive) to cut out something; to remove all or portions of a damaged or diseased area by cutting
    • One womb, one shame, one resolve
      Liberate this will to release us all
      Gotta cut away, clear away
      Snip away and sever this umbilical residue
      Keeping me from killing you2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle

Forms of cut away

third-person singular presentcuts away
present participlecutting away
past participlecut away
pastcut away

Questions about cut away

What does cut away mean?
Cut away means to fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
What part of speech is cut away?
Cut away is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut away?
The past tense of cut away is cut away.

Words near cut away in the dictionary

  1. cut and run
  2. cut and sew
  3. cut and thrust
  4. cut autograph
  5. cut autographs
  6. cut away
  7. cut away one's soul
  8. cut back
  9. cut bait
  10. Cut Bank
  11. cut below

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