“Fred was quick to move in. He cut Dan’s grass.” In this sense, it means to take an opportunity from someone else that they were perhaps more entitled to. It is often used in relation to the pursuit of the opposite sex – particularly where there is pre-existing knowledge that someone is “interested in” someone else.Click to see full answer. Moreover, what does it mean to cut someone’s grass?Don’t want to cut somone else’s grass. They used it to mean: keep away from someone if someone else is (sexually or romantically) interested in them (example: “I think he’s hot but so does she and she’s my friend and I don’t want to cut her grass.”) My question was on the origin rather than the meaning of the phrase.One may also ask, how do you say mowing the lawn? Mow means (or usually means) specifically to cut down (grass) with a machine. You could say “this weekend I did the mowing”, with the understanding that you cut grass with a tool of some description. As touched on above, lawn is simply regularly mown grass. Similarly one may ask, what does mowing the lawn mean in slang? mow the/(one’s) lawn Literally, to cut the grass in one’s lawn or yard using a mower. I need to go mow the lawn before it starts to rain. 2. slang To comb one’s hair. slang To smoke marijuana.What do you call a person who cut grass?A mower is a person or machine that cuts (mows) grass or other plants that grow on the ground. A smaller mower used for lawns and sports grounds (playing fields) is called a lawn mower or grounds mower, which is often self-powered, or may also be small enough to be pushed by the operator.