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cut like a knife

cut like a knife verb: to sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.

Verb

cut like a knife (third-person singular simple present cuts like a knife, present participle cutting like a knife, simple past and past participle cut like a knife)

  1. (simile) To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.
    • The bitter wind cut like a knife, freezing my fingers and numbing my circulation.
  2. (simile) To be very sharp (of a character, or remark)

Forms of cut like a knife

third-person singular presentcuts like a knife
present participlecutting like a knife
past participlecut like a knife
pastcut like a knife

Questions about cut like a knife

What does cut like a knife mean?
Cut like a knife means to sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.
What part of speech is cut like a knife?
Cut like a knife is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut like a knife?
The past tense of cut like a knife is cut like a knife.

Words near cut like a knife in the dictionary

  1. cut it fat
  2. cut it fine
  3. cut it loose
  4. cut it out
  5. cut it up
  6. cut like a knife
  7. cut line
  8. cut lines
  9. cut logs
  10. cut loose
  11. cut lunch

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