cut into sth
— phrasal verb with cut uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/verb present participle cutting, past tense and past participle cut
If an activity cuts into a period of time, it fills part of it, often a large part of it:
I don't like doing the shopping on Saturday afternoon because it cuts into my weekend.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relating to time
- anachronism
- chronological
- chronology
- contemporaneous
- contemporary
- cut
- quality time
- retroactive
- retrospective
- the fourth dimension
- time
- time
- time limit
- timeline
- timing
- twin