cut it out

Idioms and Phrases

Stop, desist, as in Cut it out, stop teasing your sister . [c. 1900] Also see cut it , def. 1.

Example Sentences

Coulier played the basement-dwelling Uncle Joey, a struggling stand-up comedian who used the catchphrase “Cut it out” and a puppet to help teach the Tanner girls life lessons.

From Los Angeles Times

"I think it was probably best that I cut it out of my life."

From BBC

“The candidate should have the wherewithal to say, ‘Cut it out, guys.

From Slate

It’s so alive and fluid that there’s not a lot of “we can’t do that” or “we have to do this joke” because there’s chance to make it better or cut it out.

From Los Angeles Times

That means urging the party to tone down its more rigid beliefs on abortion and in vitro fertilization; endorsing more electable Senate candidates in swing states; and calling on the House Republicans—and Marjorie Taylor Greene—to cut it out with their ceaseless dysfunctional drama for a few months.

From Slate

Related Words

• abandon
• break off
• cease
• conclude
• discontinue
• drop
• give up
• halt
• leave
• retire
• suspend
• terminate
• withdraw