cut away
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[edit]Verb
[edit]cut away (third-person singular simple present cuts away, present participle cutting away, simple past and past participle cut away)
- (recorded media) To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
- The camera cut away before we could see the reveal.
- The movie cuts away too much and too quickly without letting scenes breathe.
- (transitive) to cut out something; to remove all or portions of a damaged or diseased area by cutting
- 2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
- One womb, one shame, one resolve
Liberate this will to release us all
Gotta cut away, clear away
Snip away and sever this umbilical residue
Keeping me from killing you