if someone or something cuts you off when you are talking on the telephone, they make the telephone line stop working
Example: A second policeman cut off his escape.
same as cut
Example: A torso with the left leg missing, the right cut off at the thigh, no arms, no head.
to do something that is intended to harm someone even though you know that it will harm you too
Example: But the overall impression, when she stepped from her cut-off jeans and slid down her panties, was wonderful.
to make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave, or communicate with
Example: Cut the tops off the carrots.
to not allow someone to buy any more alcoholic drinks in a bar because they have already drunk too many
Example: Don’t cut me off when I’m talking.
to prevent someone from continuing what they are saying
Example: Having a new baby can cut a young mother off from the adult world.
to prevent someone from ever receiving your money or property
Example: Her father cut her off without a penny.
to prevent someone from leaving a place, or from communicating with people in another place
Example: Nick was smoking, wearing wet cut-off jeans, his body skinny and pale.
to remove something by cutting it
Example: Our house is cut off from the rest of the town.
to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone
Example: She fought her way down it to the fence which cut off both gardens from the motor road.
to stop someone from going somewhere, especially by blocking their way
Example: She struggled to shout, but the hand covered her mouth, almost cut off her breath.
