cut up
phrasal verbcut up
- (North American English, informal) to behave in a noisy and silly way
cut somebody up (informal)
- to injure somebody badly by cutting or hitting them
- He was very badly cut up in the fight.
- [usually passive] to upset somebody emotionally
- She was pretty cut up about them leaving.
cut somebody/something up
- (British English) to suddenly drive in front of another vehicle in a dangerous wayTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
cut something up
- to divide something into smaller pieces with a knife, etc.
- He cut up the meat on his plate.
- Heaps of snow had been cut up by vehicles into mushy mud.