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cuts the fool

cuts the fool is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut the fool.

Meaning of cut the fool

Verb

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

  1. (Southern US, intransitive) To fool around; to put on a show; to behave foolishly.
    • She said to him, "You taught them bird-dogs to rock in a rocking-chair just to torment me. Ever' beast or varmint you've brought home, you've learned to cut the fool as bad as you do."1940, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, When the Whippoorwill, page 28

Questions about cuts the fool

What is cuts the fool the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts the fool is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut the fool.

Words near cuts the fool in the dictionary

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

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