cut and run

Originally a nautical term. When a sailing ship faced danger and needed to depart quickly, the rigging and anchor would be cut and the ship would run with the wind. More recently it has come to mean desert, retreat, or run away.

"When we were all out in the raw air and were steadily moving towards our business, I treasonably whispered to Joe, 'I hope, Joe, we shan't find them.' and Joe whispered to me, 'I'd give a shilling if they had cut and run, Pip."
Charles Dickens in Great Expectations

"The United States doesn't cut and run. When we make a commitment, we keep our commitments" President G.W. Bush (March, 2006)

by David Charbonneau April 3, 2006

fresh cut

someone who has a new hair cut

i just got a fresh cut

by blackchildh April 29, 2009

Cutting butter

The act of accidentally taking a short cut, when a longer route was planned.

By Charles' calculations it would take about 30 minutes to walk to the the local discotheque.

As he had time to kill he decided to take a long cut through a new neighborhood.

12 minutes later Charles saw the unmistakeable lights emanating from the disco and thought to himself 'man I wanted to take it slow, but all the time I was cutting butter'

by Eug_2000 June 12, 2013

cut bait

Give up your investment and move on

She isnt into you. You should cut bait.

by cgk November 25, 2013

cutting steel

When someone's erect nipples are visible through their clothes.

Check it out, she's cutting steel!!

by Dr. Gold July 17, 2010

cut cat

Australian & New Zealand simile: "Goes like a cut cat" meaning "very fast". No definitive origin, but possibly refers to the speed of escape after a tomcat's castration.

Test drove a GT-B yesterday - floored it on the on-ramp and she took off like a cut cat.

by MQT October 22, 2010

cut lunch

verb to do; to cut someone's lunch

to take a girl away from a person

<guy1> she's aight hey
<guy2> yeah i'm gonna pick her up
<guy1> don't cut my lunch man

by SiK`kUnt August 10, 2003