- cut the rug
- ► cut a (or the) rug informal, chiefly N. Amer. dance.Main Entry: ↑cut
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cut a rug — ► cut a (or the) rug informal, chiefly N. Amer. dance. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut a rug — phrasal slang : dance; especially : jitterbug * * * cut a (or the) rug informal dance, typically in an energetic or accomplished way you can cut a rug when dance bands and singers … Useful english dictionary
cut a rug — verb To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century. Young generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug … Wiktionary
cut a (or the) rug N. Amer. — cut a (or the) rug N. Amer. informal dance, especially in an energetic or accomplished way. → cut … English new terms dictionary
Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock — Infobox Single | Name = Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock Artist = The Bluetones from Album = Expecting to Fly Released = 1996 Format = CD, Cassette, 7 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Chart position = * #7 (UK) Last single = Slight Return… … Wikipedia
cut a rug — vb to dance. A lighthearted expression which was fashionable in the jitterbug era and in the post war language of rock and jive. It still survives in jocular use … Contemporary slang
cut — ► VERB (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1) make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp implement. 2) shorten or divide into pieces with a sharp implement. 3) make, form, or remove with a sharp implement. 4) make or design (a … English terms dictionary
pull the rug from under — phrasal : to remove support or assistance from * * * pull the rug from under ( ● pull * * * pull the rug (out) from under informal : to very suddenly take something needed or expected from (someone or something) We were ready to start work on the … Useful english dictionary
pull the rug out from under — intransitive verb see pull III * * * pull the rug (out) from under informal : to very suddenly take something needed or expected from (someone or something) We were ready to start work on the project when the mayor pulled the rug out from under… … Useful english dictionary
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