cut off
Verb
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Verb
cut off
- (transitive) To remove via cutting.
- Synonyms: prune, trim
- hyponyms en
- (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact.
- (transitive) To stop providing funds to (someone).
- His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.
- (transitive) To end abruptly.
- My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).
- That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
- (transitive) To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
- (transitive, US, regional, Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
- Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.
- French: tailler, couper, trancher
- German: abschneiden
- Portuguese: recortar
- Russian: отреза́ть
- Spanish: cortar, recortar
- French: couper
- German: abschneiden
- Portuguese: cortar
- Russian: отреза́ть
- Spanish: separar
- French: couper
- German: abbrechen, unterbrechen
- Portuguese: cortar
- Spanish: cortar
- French: couper la parole
- German: unterbrechen
- Portuguese: cortar
- Russian: перебива́ть
- Spanish: interrumpir
- French: faire une queue de poisson
- German: schneiden
- Portuguese: cortar
- Russian: подреза́ть
- Misspelling of cutoff
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