cut out for
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or cut out to do/be
: naturally able or suited to do or be (something)
Why do you think that you're cut out for this job?
He's not cut out to be a teacher.
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Boeing’s cadre of crash test dummies still have their work cut out for them.
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
All of which is to say: Apple has its work cut out for it here.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 June 2023
He was not cut out for corporate life, forever trying to please an impossible father.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
But Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts said the Eagles have their work cut out for them to keep those trends in their favor.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
All of which is to say: Apple has its work cut out for it here.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 June 2023
He was not cut out for corporate life, forever trying to please an impossible father.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
But Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts said the Eagles have their work cut out for them to keep those trends in their favor.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023
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“Cut out for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20out%20for. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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