Definition

1. Verb:
   • To delegate; to detail; to tell off: To formally assign a specific person or group to a particular task, duty, or area of responsibility, often with an implication of official or authoritative assignment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tướng lĩnh cắt cứ một trung đoàn bảo vệ biên giới. (The general detailed a regiment to guard the border.)
  • Giám đốc cắt cứ tôi phụ trách dự án mới. (The director delegated me to be in charge of the new project.)
  • Họ bị cắt cứ làm nhiệm vụ tuần tra. (They were told off for patrol duty.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a formal or military connotation, implying an order from a higher authority that designates a specific role or station.

Variants and Related Words

• Phân công (v): to assign, to allocate tasks (more general, less formal than "cắt cứ").
  • Cô giáo phân công học sinh làm việc nhóm. (The teacher assigned students to group work.)

Synonyms

• Delegate: to entrust a task or responsibility to another.
• Detail: to assign someone to a specific task.
• Assign: to allocate a job or duty.

Related Idioms

• is typically used in formal or organizational contexts and is not commonly found in figurative idioms.

verb

1. to delegate; to detail; to tell off