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Phrase(s): cut something with something
to dilute something with something else. • They cut the liquor with cold water. • Please cut this with some soda. It’s too sweet, otherwise., Phrase(s): cut someone or something with something [and] cut someone or something on something
to slice someone or something with or on something. • Don’t cut yourself on that sharp blade. • He cut the bread with a dull knife and crushed it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs