Real Dictionary

cut out
If you are not cut out for a particular type of work, you do not have the qualities that are needed to be able to do it well.
phrasal verb: If an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working.
phrasal verb: If an object cuts out the light, it is between you and the light so that you are in the dark.
phrasal verb: If you cut out a part of a text, you do not print, publish, or broadcast that part, because to include it would make the text too long or unacceptable.
phrasal verb: If you cut someone out of an activity, you do not allow them to be involved in it. If you cut someone out of a will, you do not allow them to share in it.
phrasal verb: If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
phrasal verb: If you tell someone to cut something out, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it.
phrasal verb: To cut out something unnecessary or unwanted means to remove it completely from a situation. For example, if you cut out a particular type of food, you stop eating it, usually because it is bad for you.

cut out in American English
to omit; delete; excise
to remove by cutting

cut out in British English
to delete or remove

cut-out
countable noun: A cardboard cut-out is a shape that has been cut from thick card.

cut-out in Automotive Engineering 1
noun: A cut-out is any device that stops a mechanical unit or electrical circuit from operating.

cut-out in Automotive Engineering 2
noun: A cut-out is a switch in a control box that stops the current flow from returning to a dynamo when the battery capacity is greater than the voltage of the dynamo.

cut-out in British English
noun: a photograph or drawing from which the background has been cut away