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cut bait

cut bait verb: to give up on something in order to pursue something else.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To give up on something in order to pursue something else.
    • Jenny knew it was time to cut bait, since her relationship with Joe was never going to progress beyond the current level of commitment.
  2. (literally) To chop up fish bait for use.

Forms of cut bait

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

Questions about cut bait

What does cut bait mean?
Cut bait means to give up on something in order to pursue something else.
What part of speech is cut bait?
Cut bait is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut bait?
The past tense of cut bait is cut bait.

Words near cut bait in the dictionary

  1. cut autograph
  2. cut autographs
  3. cut away
  4. cut away one's soul
  5. cut back
  6. cut bait
  7. Cut Bank
  8. cut below
  9. cut both ways
  10. cut buddies
  11. cut buddy

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