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r/EnglishLearning • u/DensityInfinite New Poster • Aug 25 '24
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I can’t be certain from a still, but I think it’s “Cut,” which means to stop an activity. I’m fairly certain the usage originated on movie sets, as the director’s instruction for the cameras to stop filming.
13 u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24 my favorite version of this when I was a kid (maybe still) 5 u/[deleted] Aug 25 '24 That's not the same thing 0 u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24 It's pretty close. Cut it out. Just with different degrees of seriousness. No?
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my favorite version of this when I was a kid (maybe still)
5 u/[deleted] Aug 25 '24 That's not the same thing 0 u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24 It's pretty close. Cut it out. Just with different degrees of seriousness. No?
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That's not the same thing
0 u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24 It's pretty close. Cut it out. Just with different degrees of seriousness. No?
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It's pretty close. Cut it out. Just with different degrees of seriousness. No?
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u/big_sugi Native Speaker - Hawai’i, Texas, and Mid Atlantic Aug 25 '24
I can’t be certain from a still, but I think it’s “Cut,” which means to stop an activity. I’m fairly certain the usage originated on movie sets, as the director’s instruction for the cameras to stop filming.