cut off

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cut off

The driver had to cut off the engine when the warning light came on.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To remove by cutting: To separate a part from the whole using a sharp tool.
    • To stop or interrupt: To cause something to cease or to stop the flow or supply of something.
    • To isolate or disconnect: To separate someone or something from contact, communication, or access.
Usage
  • To remove by cutting: Use when describing the physical action of severing something.
    • Example: The barber cut off a large section of my hair.
    • Example: The storm cut off the tree's largest branch.
  • To stop or interrupt: Use when describing the cessation of a supply, service, or action.
    • Example: The government cut off funding for the program.
    • Example: He cut off the engine and got out of the car.
  • To isolate or disconnect: Use when describing the act of preventing contact or access.
    • Example: The flood cut off the village from the main road.
    • Example: After the argument, she cut off all communication with him.
Advanced Usage
  • "To be/get cut off": To be isolated or to have communication/service terminated.
    • Example: We were cut off in the middle of our phone call.
    • Example: The mountain town gets cut off every winter by heavy snow.
  • "To cut someone off" (in conversation/traffic): To interrupt someone while they are speaking, or to move in front of another vehicle abruptly.
    • Example: I'm sorry for cutting you off; please continue your story.
    • Example: A reckless driver cut me off on the highway.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cutoff (noun): A point or limit that marks a discontinuation.
    • Example: The cutoff date for applications is Friday.
  • Cut-off (adjective): Describing something that has been severed or a point that marks a limit.
    • Example: She wore cut-off jeans. (Here, 'cut-off' is part of the compound noun 'cut-off jeans').
    • Example: The cut-off score for passing was 70%.
Synonyms
  • Sever: To cut off (a part) from a whole, often formally.
  • Amputate: To cut off (a limb) by surgical operation.
  • Disconnect: To break the connection of or between.
  • Interrupt: To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.
  • Isolate: To place or set apart from others.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Cut out: To remove by cutting, often from the middle of something; to stop doing something.
    • Example: She cut out the article from the magazine.
  • Cut short: To end something before its natural conclusion.
    • Example: The meeting was cut short due to an emergency.
  • Cut back (on): To reduce the amount of something.
    • Example: We need to cut back on our spending.
Related Idioms
  • Cut off your nose to spite your face: To harm yourself in the process of trying to harm someone else.
    • Example: Refusing the promotion just to annoy your boss is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
  • Cut off without a penny/cent: To be disinherited; to be left no money in someone's will.
    • Example: After the disagreement, his father cut him off without a penny.
cut off

The driver had to cut off the engine when the warning light came on.

Adjective
  1. detached by cutting
    • cut flowers
    • a severed head
    • an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
Verb
  1. remove surgically
    • amputate limbs
  2. break a small piece off from
    • chip the glass
    • chip a tooth
  3. cut off and stop
    • The bicyclist was cut out by the van
  4. remove by or as if by cutting
    • cut off the ear
    • lop off the dead branch
  5. cease, stop
    • cut the noise
    • We had to cut short the conversation
  6. make a break in
    • We interrupt the program for the following messages

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