cut the lights

to turn off the lights. Same as kill the lights.

Hey, yo, cut the lights, there's a glare on the tv."

by Nasj November 25, 2006

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cut corners

To take a shortcut. Sometimes refers to doing something more quickly or for a lesser cost, but at a lesser quality.

In order to save time, some workers cut corners and don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom.

The manager told the cashier, "When selling cigarettes, you cannot cut corners. You must check their ID."

by Steven May 30, 2004

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Cut backs

The act of removing/blocking friends and contacts on social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook, etc. and Windows Live Messenger which you either:

1. Previously accepted as a friend/contact without knowing them (which has become common amongst young teens with social lives which lacks outside of a computer) and have decided to get rid of them

or

2. Have known for some time, but have drifted apart and have not spoken to in months, maybe years (often applies to a friend-of-a-friend whom you had a conversation with once and left it there)

In today's world were everything is business business business, and along with the current everlasting recession, the same should apply to social networking, as we simply cannot afford to know everyone.

I had 200 contacts in my MSN address book, so I made some cut backs, you know with the recession and shit, so now I have about 80.

by James the Paranoid Android August 13, 2009

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cut losses

Clean out a speculative position in order to avoid bigger losses.

Oh gosh this marriage is not working out let me cut my losses otherwise she might cut my balls.

I need to cut losses on my gold trade. It's blowing up right in my face.

by Buck Full February 10, 2010

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