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Phrase(s): cut someone or something off (short)
Fig. to interrupt someone or something; to prevent someone from continuing to speak. (See also chop someone off.) • In the middle of her sentence, the teacher cut her off short. • Bob cut off Mary when she was trying to explain., Phrase(s): cut someone or something off (from something)
to block or isolate someone or something from some place or something. • They cut the cattle off from the wheat field. • The enemy tanks cut off the troops from their camp., Phrase(s): cut something off
1. to shorten something. • Cut this board off a bit, would you? • Cut off this board a little, please. 2. to turn something off, such as power, electricity, water, the engine, etc. • Would you please cut that engine off ? • Cut off the engine, Chuck., Phrase(s): cut off
1. to stop by itself or oneself. • The machine got hot and cut off. • Bob cut off in midsentence. 2. to turn off a road, path, highway, etc. • This is the place where you are supposed to cut off. • When you come to a cutoff on the left, continue on for about mile.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs