Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Make up
Make up verb - To be all the substance of.
Both terms in one sentence
-
To make up for the cut footage, previously cut material (such as character exposition) was edited in.
Source: Film / The Thing (1982) -
Cut to now, where his crush on White, bad luck, awkward situations and crossdressing are pretty much what make up his character.
Source: Webcomic / Black Adventures -
During co-op play, enemy groups are severely cut to make up for the strain of having two characters in the same mission.
Source: Scrappy Mechanic
Cite this Source
Make up and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/make_up
Cut & Make up. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/make_up>.
Make up or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/make_up.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "cut" and "make up" have occurred on timeline