Meanings
verbcut someone dead (third-person singular simple present cuts someone dead, present participle cutting someone dead, simple past and past participle cut someone dead)
present singular third person cuts someone dead · participle present cutting someone dead
- idiomaticslangTo completely ignore someone.
Synonyms: cut someone cold, snub, ignore, shun, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, turn one's back on, look right through
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo completely ignore someone.
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cut someone dead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20dead
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“cut someone dead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20dead. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut someone dead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20someone%20dead.
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