cut in
(DANCE) — phrasal verb with cut /kʌt/ verb (present tense cutting, past tense and past participle cut)Definition
› old-fashioned to interrupt two people who are dancing in order to dance with one of them: She was dancing with Jack, when Tom suddenly cut in.Replacing and exchanging
(Definition of cut in (DANCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alternatively adverb
- bargain sth away phrasal verb
- behalf noun
- change over phrasal verb
- compensation noun (EXCHANGE)
- countermand verb
- delegate noun
- pinch-hit verb
- pre-empt verb
- proxy noun
- refill noun
- refill verb
- spare noun
- substitute noun
- substitute verb
- succeed verb (FOLLOW)
- succession noun
- supersede verb
- supplant verb
- swap verb
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Replacing and exchanging
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