What does cut away mean?
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cut away
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Princeton's WordNet
cut awayverb
move quickly to another scene or focus when filming
"`cut away now!' the director shouted"
cut awayverb
remove by cutting off or away
"cut away the branch that sticks out"
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cut away
Cut away is generally referred to in two contexts: 1) In art or design, it refers to removing or eliminating parts of an object or image to reveal what is inside or underneath, or to simply alter the shape or appearance. 2) In film or television production, it's a technique where the scene shifts from the main action to another scene or sequence, often to provide additional information or context, and then typically returns back to the original scene.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cut away in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cut away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Aging now is thought of as the grape to the raisin. Before, it was thought about as 'let's cut away extra skin,' but now it's volume, so, grape to raisin, you have to plump the raisin.
I vividly remember when I first heard the news, i was sitting at home watching a major business television show. Early that morning Jack Welch, the legendary head of General Electric was about to be interviewed, when all of a sudden, they cut away.
My genitals swelled up and I was in terrible pain, the swelling was so bad, the doctors had to cut away an outer part of my penis so I can urinate. I was put on a catheter, then got an infection, but survived the horror.
Art, it seems to me, should simplify finding what conventions of form and what detail one can do without and yet preserve the spirit of the whole -- so that all that one has suppressed and cut away is there to the reader's consciousness as much as if it were in type on the page.
You have this 25 hours of Clarence Thomas on, you know, talking to Michael Pack about his life, about his journey, about his, you know, his jurisprudence, his thoughts and to make the movie and see all that cut away -- I was there for those interviews. You know, I saw these exchanges that I thought were gold, that would be great in the movie, with two hours and having to tell all parts of his life, you know, you're going to have to cut out a lot of discussion. So the idea was, let's package this up into a book in order to get a lot more of that interview.
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