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cut the crap

cut the crap verb: to stop prevaricating or lying.

Verb

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

  1. (often, vulgar) To stop prevaricating or lying.
    • “I told you about ten times, I don't owe you a cent. I already gave her the five–” “Cut the crap, now. Let's have it.”1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 14, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 133

Synonyms of cut the crap

Forms of cut the crap

third-person singular presentcuts the crap
present participlecutting the crap
past participlecut the crap
pastcut the crap

Origin of cut the crap

American English, 1930s.

Questions about cut the crap

What does cut the crap mean?
Cut the crap means to stop prevaricating or lying.
What part of speech is cut the crap?
Cut the crap is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut the crap?
The past tense of cut the crap is cut the crap.

Words near cut the crap in the dictionary

  1. cut the baby in half
  2. cut the bullshit
  3. cut the cheese
  4. cut the coat according to the cloth
  5. cut the cord
  6. cut the crap
  7. cut the fool
  8. cut the Gordian knot
  9. cut the ground from under someone's feet
  10. cut the knot
  11. cut the mustard

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