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Discover Ludwig"only to cut" is a perfectly valid part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to express an action that was done for a specific purpose. For example, "He dropped the scissors, only to cut the ribbon."
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"We thought only to cut a few.
Why did God push Saul into kingship, only to cut him off?
Ms. Baldwin goes through extended jags of Tylenol PM only to cut herself off after a fortnight to avert dependency.
Perhaps mindful of this record, Mr Obama promised only to cut the deficit in half in his first term.
The police argue they were trying only to cut emotion and opinion out of the officers' raw statements.
People went about their errands, only to cut them short instantly, turning backs to the gusts and fleeing for cover.
"It is not accountable to any constituency, and it exists only to cut provider payments to fit a mathematically created target".
"We wanted not only to cut the genome, but to paste in sequences of DNA into the genome of T-cells.
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You only need to cut through the skin; cutting into the flesh is not necessary.
New regulations, particularly those governing derivatives and credit cards, are only starting to cut into revenue.
The only way to cut global warming emissions from cars is to use less fossil fuel.
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