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cut the fool

verb

Definitions

  1. To fool around

    To fool around; to put on a show; to behave foolishly.

    • She said to him, "You taught them bird-dogs to rock in a rocking-chair just to torment me. Ever' beast or varmint you've brought home, you've learned to cut the fool as bad as you do."
    • Joe Slater danced fancy steps, and made the people laugh. "He shore can cut the fool!" they said.
    • For all his smartness, the average white man is still stupid. All you have to do is call him "boss" and cut the fool for him, and he'll give you the gravy off his grits.

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