verbal phr. (common).—To move off quickly; to run away, or CUT DIRT (q.v.). For synonyms, see AMPUTATE and SKEDADDLE.
1885. Indoor Paupers, p. 36. Once a week we CUT IT From the workhouse gate.
Intj. phr. (common).—‘Cease!’ ‘Stow it!’ ‘Stash it!’—A forcible injunction to desist and be off. Also CUT THAT! or simply CUT!
1863. C. READE, Hard Cash, II., 240. Then first he seemed to awake to his danger, and uttered a stentorian cry of terror, that rang through the night and made two of his three captors tremble. ‘CUT THAT,’ said Green, sternly, ‘or you’ll get into trouble.’ Mr. Hardie lowered his voice directly.
