cut out

to be suitable.

• I'm not cut out for this.
• Tom isn't cut out for this.
• I'm not cut out for all this.
• He's not cut out for teaching.
• She isn't cut out for teaching.
• Tom isn't cut out for teaching.
• I might not be cut out for this.
• We've got our work cut out for us.
• You have your work cut out for you.
• You've got your work cut out for you.
• I don't think I'm cut out for city life.
• He seems not to be cut out for teaching.
• That is the sort of job I am cut out for.
• I'm just not cut out for this kind of work.
• You aren't cut out for the military because of its rigid discipline.
• You have to paint the whole house all by yourself? You sure have your work cut out for you.
• I'm not cut out for gambling. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.
• Tom isn't cut out to be a teacher.
• Tom is not cut out to be a teacher.
• I am not cut out to be a politician.
• I don't think I'm cut out to be captain.
• Tom doesn't think Mary is cut out to be a teacher.
• My grandfather was quite a learned man for his time and place but he just wasn't cut out to be a businessman.

to remove a piece by cutting.

• She cut a picture out of the book.
• Use scissors to cut out the pictures.
• I cut the article out of the magazine.
• Tom cut an article out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut the article out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut Mary's picture out of the magazine.
• He cut the advertisement out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut an interesting article out of the newspaper.
• You absolutely may not cut pictures out of the books on the bookcase.
• Trace the shape onto the paper, then cut it out.
• By no means may you cut out the pictures from the books on the bookshelf.

to stop eating something.

• You had better cut out the fat.

to stop working (an engine).

• One of the aircraft's engines cut out.