cut it

Meaning

1. Oxford30% of films

   to (not) be as good as is expected or needed

2. Editorial20% of films

   to tell someone to stop what they are doing, or to stop a filmed take

3. Editorial15% of films

   to leave only a very small margin of time or safety

4. Editorial5% of films

   to make a story or remark shorter and get to the point

In the movies · 100

• You're cutting it very close, Ethan.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation2015
• Cut it out! This is really unprofessional!Minions2015
• Cut it out, Pa. Help Al with the truck.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• Cut it out!Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
• Cut it. Cut it now.The Purge2013
• Cut it out! Cut it out! Cease fire!Saving Private Ryan1998
• You cut it!The Insider1999
• Cut it out.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Minions2015
  • Minions Can't Keep a Boss
  • Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master
  • Minions Wreck a Department Store
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
  • Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison
  • Tucker and Dale Get Pulled Over
  • Tucker and Dale Tour Their Cabin

From the same entry

• cut and run
• cut across
• cut away
• cut back
• cut down
• cut down
• cut down
• cut in
• cut in
• cut in
• cut off
• cut off