Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped by cutting away a part.
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Examples
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The $1,400 Craftsman 28724 is one of four 46-inch lawn tractors that out-cut triple-blade versions priced at up to $2,700.
The cutting edge: Straight talk about blades and razors 2010
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The $1,400 Craftsman 28724 is one of four 46-inch lawn tractors that out-cut triple-blade versions priced at up to $2,700.
The cutting edge: Straight talk about blades and razors 2010
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The representations of impartial periodicals will cut out, or out-cut De Custine; and while contemplating the well-favoured presentment of Nicholas I., we shall exclaim -- "Is this a tyrant that I see before me?"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various
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Dickerson suggests Obama has decided that since "he'll never out-cut Republicans, who are engaged in an intramural game of how-low-can-you-go," he's planning to leave the gloomy deficit reduction talk to them.
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If the argument is framed solely in terms of budget cuts, Republicans always win: They are willing to out-cut Democrats.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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The fact that Senate Democrats are trying to out-cut the cut-obsessed Republicans pretty much sums up the current political debate in Washington.
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The unedifying spectacle of all three main parties vying to "out-cut" one another, comparing the size and sharpness of their respective butcher's knives, scandalously deflects attention from the real issue.
Another Green World 2009
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Eric Morris, who scored Tech's second touchdown against Texas on an out-cut that nearly broke the ankles of a young Texas corner.
SI.com 2008
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"But it was a nice out-cut [pass] to Andrew Brewer on a big third-down.
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