Cut away
- to remove unnecessary parts
Cut away all the dead wood.
Cut back (on) something
- to reduce
- to eat, drink less of something, especially to improve your health
If we don't cut back on expenditure, the company will face serious financial problems.
You should cut back on foods containing fat.
Cut down (on) something
- to reduce (consumption)
He has cut down on his daily calorie intake by half.
Cut something down
- to fell a tree
- to reduce the length of something
Many trees were cut down in just over two hours.
You should cut down your essay a little. It is too long.
Cut in
- to interrupt
- to drive sharply in front of another car when overtaking
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cut in like that.
I wish big lorries wouldn't cut in like that. It really upsets me.
Cut off
- to turn
The police saw the suspect cut off down a dark lane.
Cut someone off
- to break a telephone connection
- to isolate sb
- to interrupt
I got through to the right number, but then we were cut off.
The snow drifts have cut many people off from the main city.
She cut him off during his speech.
Cut something off
- interrupt the supply of a service (electricity, gas, telephone)
- to isolate something
- to separate something
If you don't pay the bill, they'll cut your electricity off.
The villages were cut off by flood water for two weeks.
One of his fingers was cut off by the machine.
Cut out
- to stop functioning
I'm having terrible trouble with the engine. It keeps cutting out.
Cut someone out
- (informal) to eliminate/defeat someone
She's managed to cut out all competition so far, so she may win the tournament.
Cut something out
- to stop something, to do without something
- (informal) to stop doing something because it is not desired
- to exclude something
- to remove something
Cut out potatoes and you'll soon start to lose weight.
We've had enough of that silly talk, now just cut it out!
Let's cut out the preliminaries and get started on the important business.
He showed me the article which he cut out of the newspaper.
Cut someone up
- (informal) to upset someone
- (informal) to injure somebody
The bad news naturally cut him up a lot.
The car crash cut him up a bit but he's fully recovered now
Cut something up
- to cut into small pieces
They cut the tree and cut it up for firewood.
