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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Cut out for

I'm cut out for this job.
This is what I cut out for.


Can I say:

This job is cut out for me.

Thanks
LiJ
  

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Liveinjapan I'm cut out for this job. This is what I cut out for. Can I say: This job is cut out for me.

  • Liveinjapan I'm cut out for this job.
  • This is what I cut out for.
  • Can I say: This job is cut out for me.
  • Thanks LiJ I've never heard it in the reverse.
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LiveinjapanI'm cut out for this job.
This is what I cut out for.


Can I say:

This job is cut out for me.

Thanks
LiJ
I've never heard it in the reverse.
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I'm cut out for this job. OK. More frequent in the negative, I think. I'm not cut out for this kind of work.
This is what I am cut out for. OK.
This job is cut out for me. Understandable, but unusual. I don't t
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Could someone explain the meaning of cut out for please? Thanks!

The meaning given by the dictionary doesn't seem to fit your examples.

cut out something

to end or stop something. You should cut out eating ice cream and get more exercise. We cut out cable TV and have saved a lot of money.
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To cut something out (the idiom) is to stop doing it. cut out is a verb.
To be cut out for something is to be suitably skilled or to be of a suitable temperament so as to be able to do it well. cut out is an adjective, so it's typically used after a form of be.

Very roughly, then, cut out is stop, and (be) cut out (for)
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Thanks, Philip and CJ. Emotion: smile

Got it.

LiJ

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