crop out
Related to crop out: crop up
crop out
1. To adjust the borders of an image (often a photograph) so that someone or something is removed from it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "crop" and "out." I think the picture will look better if you crop out those trashcans in the background. Wow, I look terrible in that photo. Please crop me out!
2. To become exposed or reach the surface, as of a physical object. Look at this layer of rock that has cropped out!
3. By extension, to become overt or noticeable, as of an emotion or concept. I knew my fears would crop out before I could actually jump from the plane.
See also: crop, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
crop someone or something out
[for a photographer] to cut or trim out someone or something from a photograph. The photographer cropped Mr. Jones out of the picture. See if you can crop out the ugly fence at the side of the house.
See also: crop, out
crop out
to appear on the surface; [for something] to reveal itself in the open; to begin to show above the surface. A layer of rock cropped out at the edges of the desert.
See also: crop, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
crop out
Rise to the surface, become visible or evident, as in These superstitions crop out time and again. This term originated in mining, where a stratum or vein of ore is said to crop out when it comes to the surface. [Mid-1800s]
See also: crop, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)
- spiff up
- spiffed up
- back into
- back into (someone or something)
- angle
- angling
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors