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Verb: cut-and-paste

(computing) to select a file or part of a document and move it somewhere else
"He used cut-and-paste to reorganize the paragraphs in his essay"

Derived forms: cut-and-pasted, cut-and-pastes, cut-and-pasting

Encyclopedia: Cut-and-paste