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English
Etymology
American English, 1930s.
Verb
cut the crap (third-person singular simple present cuts the crap, present participle cutting the crap, simple past and past participle cut the crap)
- (often vulgar) To stop prevaricating or lying.
- Synonyms: cut the crud, cut the bullshit, cut to the chase, cut the shit
1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 14, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 133:“I told you about ten times, I don't owe you a cent. I already gave her the five–” “Cut the crap, now. Let's have it.”
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