“If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Taxon concepts […] are being produced at a fast rate and, as long as some minimal aspect of the rules of nomenclature laid down in the relevant code is fulfilled, these concepts can become permanent even when they may be deeply flawed scientifically. It is an ideal situation for someone to cut in – inappropriately – and produce large quantities of taxon names.2023, Wolfgang Denzer, Hinrich Kaiser, “Naming And Gaming: The Illicit Taxonomic Practice Of 'Nomenclatural Harvesting' And How To Avoid It”, in Journal of Zoology, volume 320, number 3, page 162:
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To take up a portion of.
This is cutting in on my free time.
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To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
Cut in line
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To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Surfing To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
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Dated, Idiomatic To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
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When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
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Slang To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game.
Broadcasting, Media A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
Inasmuch as leaders and cut-ins use up film a foot to a word, they should be resorted to only when absolutely necessary. For the producer has sufficient expense in his company and plant, without adding to it in film for cut-ins and leaders.1916, Carl Charlton, How to Write Photoplays, page 23:
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Video gamesBroadly A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
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The situation where the performer of a musical work receives royalties for each performance, despite not having composed it.
"My collaborators are having their convention in Cleveland this week," was the rueful joke among real songwriters who were seeing their royalties diluted by cut-ins.2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, page 138:
One group was understandably upset by all the royalty cut-ins — the songwriters.1994, Kerry Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991, page 21:
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An instance of pulling in front of another vehicle in traffic.