Id | ESLPod_0466_WE_0606 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 466 |
Episode Title | Having a Good or Bad Bedside Manner |
Phrase | cut out |
Text | The phrase "cut out," in this podcast, means intended, designed or created to do something: "If you're afraid of heights, you probably aren't cut out to be a pilot." The informal phrase "cut it out" is used to ask someone to stop doing something: "Phil, cut it out! I've asked you not to do that a million times." The phrase "to cut in line" means to go in front of other people who are standing in front of each other, waiting to do something: "Everyone started yelling when the woman cut in line at the bank." Finally, the phrase "to be a cut above (something)" means to be better than something else or to have a higher quality: "That movie is definitely a cut above the rest." |
Topics | Health + Medicine |
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