Main Entry: cut off

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to bring to an untimely end
2 : to stop the passage of <cut off communications>
3 : shut off, bar <the river cut off their retreat>
4 : discontinue, terminate <cut off a subscription>
5 : separate, isolate <cut herself off from her family>
6 : disinherit <threatened to cut him off without a penny>
7 a : to stop the operation of : turn off <cut off the engine> b : to stop or interrupt while in communication <the operator cut me off>intransitive verb : to cease operating