cut away
verb- To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly. · The camera cut away before we could see the reveal.· The movie cuts away too much and too quickly without letting scenes breathe.
- to cut out something; to remove all or portions of a damaged or diseased area by cutting
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His whiskers cut off, Noirtier gave another turn to his hair; took, instead of his black cravat, a colored neckerchief which lay at the top of an open portmanteau; put on, in lieu of his blue and high-buttoned frock-coat, a coat of Villefort’s of dark brown, and cut away in front; tried on before the glass a narrow-brimmed hat of his son’s, which appeared to fit him perfectly, and, leaving his cane in the corner where he had deposited it, he took up a small bamboo switch, cut the air with it once or twice, and walked about with that easy swagger which was one of his principal characteristics.
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