Phrasal verbs

CUT somebody OFF

The day I had to work on the switchboard I kept cutting

people off!

Kenneth slammed the phone down and cut her off.

Operator, I've just been cut off. Can you reconnect me?

MEANINGComplete the explanation of this meaning of cutting somebody off bychoosing two words from the list below:

To _________________ a telephone

conversation by _________________the

connection.

Interrupt continue making breaking

interrupt

breaking

GRAMMARWhich of these are grammatically

possible?

a)She cut her friend off.

b) She cut off her friend.

c) She cut him off.

d) She cut off him.

e) She was cut off.

PRACTICERewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same, using a form of cut somebody off:

a) Their telephone connection was suddenly broken.

They _____________________________ were suddenly cut off

b) Operator, the connection with the person I was talking to has been broken.Operator, we______________________

c) I´m so sorry. My son was playing with the phone and broke our connection.I´m so sorry. My son_______________

´ve been cut off.

cut us off.

OTHER MEANINGS

Cut somebody off can also mean “to interrupt somebody

when they are speaking:

He rudely cut me off in mid-sentence.

He put his hand over her mouth to cut off her cry of

fear.

My explanation for why I was late was abruptly cut

off.

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