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Phrase(s): cut someone off without a penny
Fig. to end someone’s allowance; to fail to leave someone money in one’s will. • Mr. and Mrs. Franklin cut their son off without a penny after he quit school. • They cut off both of their sons without a penny. • We learned, when Uncle Sam’s will was read, that he cut off his own flesh and blood without a penny.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs