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an aperient pill. Cut , to run away, move off quickly; to cease doing anything; CUT AND RUN , to quit work, or occupation, and start off at once— Sea phrase, “ CUT the cable and RUN before the wind;” to CUT DIDOES , synonymous with to CUT CAPERS ; CUT A DASH , make a show; CUT A CAPER , to dance or show off in a strange manner; CUT A FIGURE , to make either a good or bad appearance; CUT IT , desist, be quiet, go away, leave what you are doing and run; CUT IT SHORT , cease being prolix, “make short work” of what you have in hand; CUT OUT , to excel, thus in affairs of gallantry one Adonis is said to CUT the other out in the affections of the wished-for lady— Sea phrase, from CUTTING out a ship from the enemy’s port. Cut that! be quiet, or stop; CUT OUT OF , done out of; CUT OF ONE’S JIB , the expre ion or cast of his countenance [ see JIB ]; TO CUT ONE’S COMB , to take down a conceited person, from the practice of cutting the combs of capons [ see COMB CUT ]; CUT AND COME AGAIN , plenty, if one cut does not suffice, plenty remains to come at again; CUT UP , to mortify, to criticise severely, or expose; CUT UP SHINES , to play tricks; CUT ONE’S STICK , to be off quickly, i.e. , to be in readine for a journey, further elaborated into AMPUTATE YOUR MAHOGANY [ see STICK ]; CUT IT FAT , to exaggerate or show off in an extensive manner; to CUT UP FAT , or CUT UP WELL , to die, leaving a large property; CUT UNDER , to undersell; CUT YOUR LUCKY , to run off; CUT ONE’S CART , to expose unfair tricks; CUT AN ACQUAINTANCE , to cease friendly intercourse with him; “ CUT UP ROUGH ,” to become obstreperous and dangerous; to have “ CUT ONE’S EYE-TEETH ,” i.e. , to be wide awake, knowing; to DRAW CUTS , to cast lots with papers of unequal lengths.