Hi this is Tutor Nick P this is Verb Phrase 220. The verb phrase today is cut off.
Yeah. It's a very common verb phrase and we have 10 meanings and 10 uses to cover
today. So we'll probably give one example for most of them. All right. So let's look at
the first one. The first one here is to stop something working or to turn
something off. So here's the first example we might use. The typhoon knocked
down a power line and it cut off the power. So it because ... the storm knocked
down the power line and it cut off. It stopped the electricity from working
maybe a lot of houses or apartments they lost power. Okay. Let's read the second...
we have a second example for this first one. If you are more than two months
behind in paying your electric bill, they may cut off your power. All right. This one is
showing where somebody actually turns it off on you. The Electric Company will
turn off your electricity if you stop paying your bill. I don't know how much
time to give you, usually in the US. It's about two months then by that time if
you don't pay within that period they may send somebody to cut off your power.
Okay. Let's read the next one. To remove something from something else. You cut
off could mean... you could literally cut off something like with the scissors or the
knife. So we just have one example for this one. When you trim your beard you
should cut off any hairs that stick out. So you could cut off a lot of things.
All right. Number three here. To stop giving money to someone or something. Okay. His
mother is cutting off his allowance as a punishment for one month.
Yeah. Maybe then you know, young son did something wrong and she said that's it
your punishment no allowance for a whole month. Okay. Good.
Number four. To isolate or sequester. She was cut off from the general public.
Because she had to be quarantined like you know, maybe now maybe she was tested
positive for the corona virus or another disease. So she had to be cut off from
the general public maybe they forced her to stay in some ...in
a certain place where she couldn't leave so they cut her off from the general
public. So they were isolated her. Okay. Number five here. To change direction
Well this is like giving somebody directions here. You, you might say you'll
come to a fork in the road. Remember that's when one road leads into one
where the you got two roads going in two different directions. You will come to a
fork in the road and you should cut off to the right. So meaning so that like one
road goes to the left one road goes to the right. You should cut off to the
right. So you change the direction to the right. Okay. Number six. To get somebody or
something that is in route to another place. Okay. The police set up a roadblock.
Yes. The police set up a road block to cut off the suspect that was being chased. So they
were chasing him from behind and then they had other police cut off the road
it had a road block on top, so he would be trapped. So they cut him off. Okay. Good.
All right. Number seven. To abruptly move in front of another driver. Yeah. So this
is like on the road , where somebody cuts you off either another car or a scooter
or something gets in front of you. Just gets in front of you very quickly and
very close. So James sped up ahead of a driver that cut him off and James gave
him the middle finger. So one car maybe cut him off and James got angry. Maybe at
a little road rage or something and he drove up ahead and you know gave the guy
a middle finger. Okay. Good. All right. Number eight. To interrupt someone
and stop them from talking. Yes. so I tried to explain what happened and
the boss just cut me off. So you were talking and then he just started talking
and wouldn't let you explain anymore. So somebody could cut you off like in a
conversation. Okay. All right. Number nine here. Well this is related to baseball. To
intercept the ball that was thrown from another player. Okay. So the second
baseman cut off the outfielder's throw. So one of the outfielders throw ... he was
going to throw to home plate and the second baseman cut it
off. Cut the throw and caught another player in a rundown. So the other players trying to
make another base and he caught it and he knows who I could get this guy out
you're probably not going to get the guy out. That's going home, but we could catch
this guy. So he cut off the throw and caught another player.
So to get another out. Okay. Good. And what do we have here. Number 10.
In a bar this could happen. To stop serving someone alcohol. So it's usually
the bartender who does the cutting off here.
The bartender cut him off because the customer started to get loud and angry.
And maybe this customer already had like eight drinks or nine drinks or ten
drinks, and you know he obviously was already drunk. And you know, serving him
anymore, it would just get worse. So the bartender says " you're cut off.'
Meaning he's not going to serve you any more alcohol or not going to serve that guy
any more alcohol. So the bartender is cutting him off. Okay. Good. I hope it was
clear. Again I hope you learned some new uses of cut off here. Anyway if you like
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