cut off
cut
kƌt
kat
off
ɔf
awf
/kˈʌt ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cut off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to cut off
[phrase form: cut]
01

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use a sharp object like scissors or a knife on something to remove a piece from its edge or ends
Transitive: to cut off sth
to cut off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sculptor carefully cut off excess clay to shape the figurine according to the design.
āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove a part of the body, tissue, or organ through a surgical intervention
Transitive: to cut off a body part or organ
to cut off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In cases of extreme frostbite, amputation may be necessary to cut off the frost-damaged extremity.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ— āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to abruptly stop speaking or interrupt someone in the middle of their speech
Transitive: to cut off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The professor cut off the student who was going off-topic during the lecture.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧇āϏāϰ āϞ⧇āĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop providing a specific resource
Transitive: to cut off a resource
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mayor announced plans to cut off funding for the controversial project.
āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end a phone call while the other person is still on the line
Transitive: to cut off a phone call
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to a poor signal, Amanda had to cut off the call with her colleague in the middle of their conversation.
āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to cease serving alcoholic drinks to an individual
Transitive: to cut off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The responsible bartender chose to cut off the visibly intoxicated customer, offering water and assistance instead.
āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻļā§€āϞ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāϤ āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϜāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become separated or isolated from something or someone, often by an obstacle or barrier
Transitive: to cut off a place or area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river cut off the village from the rest of the region.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāχāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to exclude someone from getting one's possessions after death
Transitive: to cut off an heir
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Facing family disputes, she decided to cut off certain members and distribute her assets to trusted friends.
āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to aggressively and dangerously drive one's vehicle in the path of a moving vehicle
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
cut upbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to cut off a person or vehicle
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He narrowly avoided an accident when a truck unexpectedly cut him off on the highway.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
10

āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end a relationship, particularly a friendly one
Transitive: to cut off a person or a relationship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The disagreement over business decisions led the partners to cut off their professional relationship.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to deny someone or something what they need or want
Transitive: to cut off a need or privilege
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In response to the misbehavior, the teacher threatened to cut off recess privileges for the unruly students.
āĻ…āϏāĻĻāĻžāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—-āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
cut-off
cut
kƌt
kat
off
ɑf
aaf
/kˈʌtˈɒf/
01

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ

physically removed from a larger whole through an act of slicing, severing, or trimming
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He wore a pair of cut-off jeans in the summer heat.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āϜāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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