cut off

cut off
1) PHRASAL VERB If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.

[V P n (not pron)] Mrs Kreutz cut off a generous piece of the meat...

[V n P n (not pron)] He cut me off a slice...

[V n P] He threatened to cut my hair off.

2) PHRASAL VERB To cut someone or something off means to separate them from things that they are normally connected with.

[V P n (not pron) from n] One of the goals of the campaign is to cut off the elite Republican Guard from its supplies...

[V P n (not pron) from n] The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland...

[V n P] The storm has cut us off.

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cut off ADJ-GRADED

Without a car we still felt very cut off.

3) PHRASAL VERB To cut off a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it being provided.

[V P n (not pron)] The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital...

[V P n (not pron)] His company is preparing to shut down in the event that their water supply is cut off...

[V P n (not pron)] Our phone's been cut off...

[V n P] Why cut the money off?

4) PHRASAL VERB If you get cut off when you are on the telephone, the line is suddenly disconnected and you can no longer speak to the other person.

[get/be V-ed P] When you do get through, you've got to say your piece quickly before you get cut off...

[V n P] I'm going to cut you off now because we've got lots of callers waiting. [Also V P n (not pron)]

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5) PHRASAL VERB If you cut someone off when they are speaking, you interrupt them and stop them from speaking.

[V n P] `But, sir, I'm under orders to - ' Clark cut him off. `Don't argue with me.' [Also V P n (not pron)]

6) See also cut-off
to cut off your nose to spite your facesee spite

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