cut+and+run

  • 41cut — I UK [kʌt] / US verb Word forms cut : present tense I/you/we/they cut he/she/it cuts present participle cutting past tense cut past participle cut *** 1) [transitive] to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into… …

    English dictionary

  • 42run — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Everyman, Indian file, Le Mans, Lehrfreiheit, Public, Zeitgeist, abide, abrade, abrasion, abscond, absquatulate, academic freedom, acciaccatura, acquire, act, adolescent stream, advance, affluence,… …

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  • 43run — [c]/rʌn / (say run) verb (ran, run, running) –verb (i) 1. to move quickly on foot, so as to go more rapidly than in walking (in bipedal locomotion, so that for an instant in each step neither foot is on the ground). 2. to do this for exercise, as …

  • 44cut — [[t]kʌt[/t]] v. cut, cut•ting, adj. n. 1) to penetrate with or as if with a sharp edged instrument or object 2) to divide with or as if with a sharp edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope[/ex] 3) to detach or remove with or as if with a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45run away — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elope, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, hightail, jump, jump bail, levant, make off, make tracks, run, run along, run… …

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  • 46run off — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, bring out, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elope, engrave, flee, fly, fugitate, get out, go AWOL, hectograph, hightail, impress, imprint, issue,… …

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  • 47run along — Synonyms and related words: blow, cut and run, cut out, depart, exit, flee, fly, get off, go, hightail, leave, make tracks, pull out, quit, run away, run away from, run off, shove off, take off, take to flight …

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  • 48run — See: BLOOD RUNS COLD, END RUN, CUT AND RUN, FIRST RUN, HOME RUN, IN THE LONG RUN, IN THE RUNNING, ON THE RUN, OUT OF THE RUNNING, SECOND RUN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49run — See: BLOOD RUNS COLD, END RUN, CUT AND RUN, FIRST RUN, HOME RUN, IN THE LONG RUN, IN THE RUNNING, ON THE RUN, OUT OF THE RUNNING, SECOND RUN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50run — See: blood runs cold, end run, cut and run, first run, home run, in the long run, in the running, on the run, out of the running, second run …

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