单词 | to cut it |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut it a. To run away, make off, ‘be off’. Also to cut it. (See also to cut and run at sense 41.) Originally with away, off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or gradually (of things) to-glidea1000 atslip?c1225 atslikec1400 to pass off1708 cut1836 silt1863 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R2v It [sc. a boat] cut away vpon the yielding waue. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 29 I feare to faint, if at the first, too faste I cut away, and make too-hastie haste. 1678 C. Cotton Scarronnides (new ed.) 90 Put on the wings that use to bear ye, And cut away to Carthage quickly. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 92 The linen-draper cut off..leaving the landlord his compliments and the key. 1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 140 The door of her prison was opened, and the turnkey told her that she might ‘cut’. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 156 Mr. Toodle..tapped her on the back; and said..‘Polly! cut away!’ 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. ix. 202 Now, my lady, do you cut it, cut at once. c1867 T. W. Robertson Caste i. 7 I did get leave, and I did cut away; and while away, I was miserable. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 443 I looked out of the tail of my eye, to see what she was doing, but she'd cut. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 67 The prefect told the small boy to cut off. to cut it transitive. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). To manage, cope with, perform, or accomplish (something). Chiefly in to cut it: to succeed, to deal with something effectively; to meet an expected or required standard in the performance of a task, to measure up. Cf. sense 21c and to cut the mustard at mustard n. 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] shift?1533 to pass muster1573 to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601 to hit off1700 to make a job of1736 to make a do of1834 to make a go of it1836 cut1900 the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > have the ability for to measure up to1854 cut1900 to have (also carry) the guns for1961 1900 C. L. Cullen Tales of Ex-tanks 62 Hello, there, pal..how're you cuttin' it this morning? 1906 Independent (N.Y.) 29 Nov. 1270/1 He can't cut that game with me. 1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vi. iii. 232 ‘Listen, can't you do me a favor and get me a pack of cigs.’.. ‘Can't cut it.’ 1937 Amer. Speech 12 46 This arrangement is so tough my band can't cut it. 1975 H. Ellison Gentleman Junkie 182 He doesn't look like he can cut three, four hundred miles of hard driving and still stay alert. 1980 ‘L. Cody’ Dupe (1981) xviii. 128 She came to London to find a bit of glamour and some action, and when she got here she was afraid she couldn't cut it. 2000 Guardian (Dar es Salaam) 27 Mar. 18/1 Others were more critical of the plan. ‘The whole idea is not going to cut it,’ said opposition leader Chee Soon Juan. < as lemmas |
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