Cut up
Cut up verb - To engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior.
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Synonyms for Cut up
Laid bare
Both terms in one sentence
- In Joyce Carol Oates' My Heart Laid Bare, an entire body is delivered this way, cut up into parts and then stowed in appropriate boxes (the head in a hatbox, feet in a shoebox, etc.)
Source: Finger in the Mail
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Laid bare and Cut up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut_up/laid_bare
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