cutaway
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Also called cutaway coat. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
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Movies, Television.
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a switch from one scene to another for showing simultaneous or related action, creating suspense, etc.
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Also called cutaway shot. a shot that abruptly introduces content, scenery, etc., away from the central action.
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an illustration or scale model having the outer section removed to display the interior.
adjective
noun
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a man's coat cut diagonally from the front waist to the back of the knees
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a drawing or model of a machine, engine, etc, in which part of the casing is omitted to reveal the workings
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( as modifier )
a cutaway model
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films television a shot separate from the main action of a scene, to emphasize something or to show simultaneous events
Etymology
Origin of cutaway
First recorded in 1835–45; adj., noun use of verb phrase cut away
Example Sentences
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He wore the dress uniform of the US Navy, blue wool cutaway coat with two rows of gilt buttons.
From Literature
One of the director’s frequent visual cutaways is to a knight-outfitted dummy the children build on a picturesque spot, lashed to a stake.
From Los Angeles Times
Whether it’s Morton’s perpetually scowling expression in the infrequent cutaways to Brian’s life back home or the on-the-nose emphasis on looming gray clouds, there’s no question a storm is coming.
From Los Angeles Times
We never see the broadcast or who is actually watching this walk, aside from a few cutaways to bored locals on the side of the road.
From Los Angeles Times
Among this year's melodramatic cutaways to contestants supposedly in their hotel rooms was a clip of Charlotte reading a "Learn Welsh" book, priest Lisa praying and Keith practising his martial arts.
From BBC
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