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cut off


Definition: Meaning of, cut off in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kʌt ɒf /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
cut off cut off cut off
Present Participle Third Person Singular
cutting off cuts off
[transitive]
  1. to remove something by cutting it
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  2. to stop someone from going somewhere, especially by blocking their way
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  3. to make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave, or communicate with
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  4. to prevent someone from leaving a place, or from communicating with people in another place
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  5. to prevent someone from continuing what they are saying
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  6. to prevent someone from ever receiving your money or property
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  7. cut someone off to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone
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  8. [usually passive] cut someone off if someone or something cuts you off when you are talking on the telephone, they make the telephone line stop working
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  9. cut someone off American English informal to not allow someone to buy any more alcoholic drinks in a bar because they have already drunk too many
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  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
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