cut
verb (STOP) /kʌt/ (present tense cutting, past tense and past participle cut)Definition
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› [I or T] to stop or interrupt something: to cut an engine/a motor "Cut! (= stop filming!)" shouted the director.Cancelling and interruptingCausing something to endComing to an end cut sb short › to stop someone from talking before they have finished what they were saying: He started to explain, but she cut him short.Cancelling and interruptingCausing something to endComing to an end cut it/that out! informal › used to tell someone to stop talking or stop behaving in an annoying way: Just cut it out! I've had enough of your silly jokes.Expressions telling people to stop doing something
(Definition of cut verb (STOP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (in) midstream idiom
- adjourn to somewhere phrasal verb
- adjourn verb
- arrest verb (STOP)
- break verb (INTERRUPT)
- call sth off phrasal verb
- cancel verb
- cancellation noun
- disturb verb (INTERRUPT)
- diversion noun (TAKING ATTENTION)
- halt noun
- interrupt verb (STOP SPEAKING)
- kick sth into touch idiom
- mothball verb
- nullify verb
- off adjective (STOPPED)
- rain sth off phrasal verb
- shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
- stop verb (FINISH)
- time noun (PERIOD)
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