cut off
adjective / verb
What it means
- adjective detached by cutting “cut flowers”
- verb remove by or as if by cutting “cut off the ear”
- verb cut off and stop “The bicyclist was cut out by the van”
- verb cease, stop “cut the noise”
- verb remove surgically “amputate limbs”
- verb break a small piece off from “chip the glass”
- verb make a break in “We interrupt the program for the following messages”