cut off

cut off
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "cut off":
present tense I/you/we/they cut off he/she/it cuts off present participle cutting off past tense cut off past participle cut off
1) to remove something by cutting it

Cut the tops off the carrots.

Why did you cut off all your hair?

2) same as cut I, 6)

The government has threatened to cut off our funding.

They cut off the electricity last week.

3) to stop someone from going somewhere, especially by blocking their way

A second policeman cut off his escape.

4)
a) to make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave, or communicate with

The floods completely cut off the town.

cut something off from something:

Our house is cut off from the rest of the town.

b) to prevent someone from leaving a place, or from communicating with people in another place

Having a new baby can cut a young mother off from the adult world.

5) to prevent someone from continuing what they are saying

Don't cut me off when I'm talking.

6) to prevent someone from ever receiving your money or property

Her father cut her off without a penny.

7) cut someone off to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone

Why did all his friends suddenly cut him off?

8) cut someone off
[usually passive] if someone or something cuts you off when you are talking on the telephone, they make the telephone line stop working

We got cut off in the middle of the call.

9) cut someone off
American informal to not allow someone to buy any more alcoholic drinks in a bar because they have already drunk too many
10) cut off your nose to spite your face
informal to do something that is intended to harm someone even though you know that it will harm you too

English dictionary. 2014.

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