meantolearn  +  135741 Sat, 10 Sep 05 12:55 AM I recieved some coupon ads. A line read, "Cut It Out." It reminded me that 'cut it out' has another quite different meaning ----> stop doing sth. Why 'cut it out' means stop doing sth.? I don't get it. Does anyone know its origins? Thanks, meantolearn Joined on Thu, Feb 24 2005 Regular Member 808 I think; therefore I am.

	Clive  +  135759 Sat, 10 Sep 05 01:47 AM Hi, I recieved some coupon ads. A line read, "Cut It Out." It reminded me that 'cut it out' has another quite different meaning ----> stop doing sth. Why 'cut it out' means stop doing sth.? Here's my opinion. If you cut out a coupon from a magazine, you 'remove it' from the magazine. If I 'cut out' my brother from my will, it means I remove him from it. If I 'cut out' salt from my diet, it means I remove salt from the list of things that I eat. So, when your friend is playing loud music while you are trying to do your homework and you say 'Please cut it out', I think what you are really saying is 'Please remove that annoying activity from the things that you are doing' . Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,612 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	meantolearn  +  136080 Sat, 10 Sep 05 09:00 PM Here's my 2 cents: out - has a sense of stopping, terminating, such as out in 'turn the light out', ''turn off the light', put out the fires'. 'Out' is similar to 'off'. For instance, turn the light out = turn off the light 'Cut the coupon out' means to cut the coupon off its book. Thanks for the reply, Clive meantolearn