COMMON If someone or something is a cut above or a cut above the rest, they are better than other people or things of the same type.

What is a cut in old English?

Old English. cut. bitan; ceorfan; heawan; scieran; sniþan. cut down.

What is the meaning idiom cut him short?

to interrupt someone who is talking so that they cannot finish what they are saying. He tried to explain, but Anita cut him short. Synonyms and related words.