cut (something) out of (something)

cut (something) out of (something)

To remove a shape or figure from something, such as paper, by cutting. The kids are busy cutting paper dolls out of construction paper for a craft project.
See also: cut, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cut something out of something

 and cut something out
to cut a pattern or shape from cloth, paper, sheet metal, etc.; to remove something from something by cutting; to excise something from something. (When both out and of are used, no direct object can intervene.) Sam cut a pig out from the paper. I cut the picture out of a magazine. I cut out the shape of the moon from the paper.
See also: cut, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cut out of
  • cut (someone or something) from (something)
  • cut from
  • cutting edge
  • a cutting edge
  • trim (something) from (something else)
  • trim from
  • shilling
  • cut off
  • cutoff