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cut it
Manage, tolerate, as in I don't know how he can cut it . [ Slang ; c. 1900]
Be effective, prove satisfactory, as in She's getting old and can no longer cut it . [Late 1900s] For a synonym see cut the mustard . Also see the subsequent entries beginning with cut it .
Also, cut that . Stop, as in I won't stand for that—cut it! or If you don't cut that, I'll tell . [ Slang ; first half of 1800s] Also see cut it out .
Example Sentences
They video called every day - including when Weng sent Owen a birthday cake and he cut it in front of her during their chat.
“Well, I just, I don't believe them. I mean, there's just no way that they cannot cut people who still legally deserve it if they have to cut it by the $880 billion,” Horston said.
He goes, “See you at 10,” and we cut it the next morning.
He told officers he did not know who had cut it down but did know who had put his name forward as a suspect in Facebook posts, adding: "I'm going to get my own back."
As one cut it down using a technique known as hinge and wedge, the other filmed the act of "deliberate mindless criminal damage" on Mr Graham's mobile phone, the court heard.
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