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cut into

verb
  1. Synonym of cut in (to include)
  2. To harm (someone); to insult or verbally abuse (someone); to hurt (someone). (transitive) · That's when I started cutting into them.· His guilt had cut into him, leaving him depressed.
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Rows of very ancient yew trees cut into strange designs girded it round.
The Valley of Fear, p. 62 · C1
It can be out of England to-night and cut into four pieces in Amsterdam before Sunday.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 44 · B2
A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 80 · C1
There, fearing that perhaps I had come in the wrong direction after all, I mounted a hill from which I could command a view—the same hill which is cut into the dark quarry.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 107 · C1

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