cut sb/sth off
— phrasal verb with cut /kʌt/ verb (present tense cutting, past tense and past participle cut)Definition
B2 to cause a person or place to become separate, or cause someone to be or feel alone: When his wife died, he cut himself off from other people. Many villages have been cut off by the heavy snow.Isolating and separating
(Definition of cut sb/sth off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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cut sb off phrasal verb (DRINKS)
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cut sb off phrasal verb (PHONE)
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cut sb out phrasal verb
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cut sb some slack idiom
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cut sb up phrasal verb
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cut sth down phrasal verb
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cut sth off phrasal verb (REMOVE)
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cut sth off phrasal verb (STOP)
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cut sth out phrasal verb (REMOVE)
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cut sth out phrasal verb (STOP EATING)
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Synonyms and related words:
- compartmentalize verb
- cone sth off phrasal verb
- cordon sth off phrasal verb
- demarcate verb
- demarcation noun
- insulate verb (COVER)
- insulator noun
- intersect verb
- isolate verb
- isolation noun
- mark sth off phrasal verb
- partition verb (DIVIDE COUNTRY)
- rope sth/somewhere off phrasal verb
- screen sth off phrasal verb
- segregate verb
- separate verb (MOVE APART)
- shut yourself off phrasal verb
- uncouple verb
- wrench verb
- zonal adjective
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