Cut-out meaning : To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something). To remove, omit. To oust, to replace. To separate from a herd. To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. To leave suddenly. (usually in passive) To arrange or prepare. To intercept. To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore. Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.