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Discover LudwigThe phrase “cutaway to” is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to describe a transition or shift in a scene in a movie or television show. For example, "The director cutaway to an aerial shot of the city."
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Then a cutaway to a new scene.
Abrupt cutaway to the studio as the interviewer was asking another question.
As he begins his ascent, there is a cutaway to his left hand, with its wedding ring.
Photograph: George Frey/EPA 3.28am GMT Oprah's agenda Weird cutaway to ad break, with Lance in midstream.
In classic Coen style, the brothers punctuate the image of Mattie riding to dry ground with a cutaway to a slack-jawed Rooster, his mouth agape in wonder.
Louganis's laugh and his response are broken with a cutaway to Walters, the product of a sorry obfuscation of typical television news directing.
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Rarely have the cutaways to the audience seemed as surreal.
Plot-transition scenes are skipped while cutaways to the streets are provided in abundance.
Naruse's naturalistic style veers toward expressionism, complete with brooding shadows and cutaways to an ominously ticking clock.
In both, Riefenstahl relies heavily for her transitions on portentous cutaways to clouds, mist, statuary, foliage, and rooftops.
Frequent cutaways to soaring sea gulls suggest that Spoddy is a spirit in desperate need of liberation.
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