VERB
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cut off and stop
The bicyclist was cut out by the van -
cease, stop
We had to cut short the conversation
cut the noise -
remove by or as if by cutting
lop off the dead branch
cut off the ear -
break a small piece off from
chip a tooth
chip the glass -
remove surgically
amputate limbs -
make a break in
We interrupt the program for the following messages
ADJECTIVE
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detached by cutting
a severed head
cut flowers
an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
How To Use cut off In A Sentence
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- Cut off the crust from one of the loaves and slice thinly. Times, Sunday Times
- In the split second that their gazes locked, that same prickly sensation consumed his mind as if the blood flow to his brain had suddenly been cut off.
- Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
- Like other sweet pea varieties, give them regular feeds and cut off fading flowers. The Sun
- Jem's words are cut off by the buzz of Olivia's telephone, and Olivia presses the speaker button.
- The site for the Loft, a 77 unit condominium development, is a right-angled triangle with both acute angles cut off so it is more a misshapen pentagon.
- Therefore go and sacrifice the sheep in the house, cut off the legs and bring them here; thus the carcase will be saved for the choregus. Peace
- The issue of this was that they did not keep God's covenant, and so the entail was at length cut off, and the sceptre departed from Judah by degrees. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- There it proceeds to cut off the mosquito’s apyrase supply, so that when the insect drives its proboscis into a new host, it has a harder time keeping the blood flowing. Parasite Rex
