ハサミを入いれる

expression, ichidan verb

cut with scissors; trim; prune

Literal use: cutting something with scissors or shears, including trimming plants.

• 庭にわの木きにハサミを入いれて形かたちを整ととのえた。

  I trimmed the tree in the garden with shears to shape it.

• 布ぬのにハサミを入いれる前まえに、ちゃんと寸すん法ぽうを測はかってください。

  Please measure carefully before cutting the cloth with scissors.

expression, ichidan verb

punch a ticket

Idiomatic use: punching a ticket with a ticket punch (which resembles scissors).

• 改かい札さつで駅えき員いんが切きっ符ぷにハサミを入いれた。

  The station attendant punched my ticket at the gate.