cut into sth
— phrasal verb with cut /kʌt/ verb (present tense cutting, past tense and past participle cut)Definition
› If an activity cuts into a period of time, it fills part of it, often a large part of it: I don't like doing the shopping on a Saturday afternoon because it cuts into my weekend.Relating to time
(Definition of cut into sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -time suffix
- anachronism noun
- chronology noun
- contemporaneous adjective
- contemporary adjective (OF SAME PERIOD)
- quality time noun
- retroactive adjective
- retrospective adjective
- the fourth dimension noun
- time limit noun
- time noun (MINUTES/DAYS/YEARS)
- time noun (PERIOD)
- time noun (TIME AVAILABLE)
- timeline noun
- timing noun
- twin adjective
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