English

Etymology
From cut + off.

Verb
en-verb|cuts off|cutting off|cut off

1. To remove via cutting.
2. To isolate or remove from contact.
3. To end abruptly.

#:My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
#idiom To interrupt (someone speaking).
#:That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my theses.
#idiom|drive To swerve in front of (another car).

Translations
trans-top|To cause to come off, from cutting
Finnish: katkaista
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trans-top|To isolate or remove from contact
Finnish: eristää
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trans-top|To end abruptly
Finnish: katkaista
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trans-top|To interrupt someone talking
Finnish: keskeyttää
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trans-top|To swerve in from of another car while driving
Finnish: keskeyttää
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Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 37
:The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

Noun
en-noun|sg=cut off

1. fuse.

#: A thermal cut-off.

Translations
trans-top|fuse
Finnish: sulake
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Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English simple past forms
Category:English past participles

de:cut off
fr:cut off
io:cut off
ku:cut off
zh:cut off

• 2007-12-15 19:43 - Ruakh - /* Verb */ some tweaks

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