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Cut in

verb

Allow someone to have a share or profit.

Drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably.

Break into a conversation. Synonyms: barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, put in.

Interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner.

Mix in with cutting motions.

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"Cut in" Quotes from Famous Books

... I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces."—Zechariah, ...

— The Chosen People - A Compendium Of Sacred And Church History For School-Children • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... Elk. But there is a nearer approximation of the Chesapeak to the Delaware, from a creek running into the latter at Apoquiminick, where the distance is only 7 miles: over this neck of land, all the trade between Philadelphia and Baltimore is conveyed in waggons. How soon would a canal be cut in such a ...

— Travels in the United States of America • William Priest

... in a little room, cut in two by a high brass grill. In front of it was a long bench against the wall, that reminded one of the waiting room in an old railroad depot. In the grill was a little window, with a lazy, brown-eyed youth leaning on the shelf behind it. Beyond him was a great, glittering ...

— The Cosmic Express • John Stewart Williamson

... with hesitating suspicions. "Ah! Duke Stephen's cat's-paw! I remember you—well!" But before the words were fairly out of her mouth, Agatha's voice had cut in: ...

— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger

... are brought down dry, or they will not be received. When they are taken from the animal, they have holes cut in the ends, and are staked out, and thus dried in the sun without shrinking. They are then doubled once, lengthwise, with the hair side usually in, and sent down upon mules or in carts, and piled above high-water mark; and then we take them upon our heads, one at a time, ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

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