Question

He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To refrainhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stophttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stop/ceasehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cease (doing something).

Sentence	He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To refrain https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stop / cease https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cease (doing something).

Cut Smoking Order Prepared Marathon