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Phrasal verb TO CUT

1. to cut down sth/on sth = a) to reduce

e. g. You need to cut your essay down a little.

b) to make a tree fall down

e. g. Huge areas of the rain forest are being cut down.

2.to cut in = to interrupt someone who is speaking by saying sth

e. g. During the conversation Mike cut in with an occasional remark.

3. to cut off= to remove sth by cutting

e. g. Why did you cut off all your hair?

4
. to cut out = to remove sth from a larger piece by cutting

e. g. I`ll cut this article out of the magazine for you.

5. to cut up = to cut sth into several pieces

e. g. Cut up the food for the baby.

Complete the sentences, use down (on), in, off, out, up.

1. The wood was cut… and taken away. 2. Why don`t you cut the photo… and paste it in your album? 3. Try to cut … the article by about 100 words. 4. “I`d like to know the truth,” Alex cut… . 5. Cut the tops… the carrots before cooking them. 6. The doctor advised him to cut … his working hours. 7. When he talks he doesn`t allow anyone to cut … with a word. 8. The little girl loves cutting flowers… of postcards. 9. I always cut … grandfather`s meat for him. 10. He cut...a thick slice of bread and spread it with butter.

11. My doctor says I should cut... salt. 12. After the rains several villages were cut... by the flood. 13. They cut … the electricity last week and the villagers could neither cook nor watch television. 14. Look, I`ve cut this article … of a magazine for you. 15. The patient was so weak that the nurse had to cut … his food for him and put the pieces into his mouth.

16. The big tree in front of the window had to be cut... for the sake of safety.

Translation

reduce, reduce consumption, consumption, etc.

Collocations
cut down on — reduce consumption of smth.
cut down on expense — reduce expenses; cut costs
cut down on expenditure — reduce expenses
to cut down on cholesterol — reduce the amount of cholesterol you consume
cut down on one's spending — squeeze
I"m trying to cut down on cigarettes — I'm trying to smoke less
to curb / curtail / cut down (on) / reduce expenses — reduce costs
to curb / curtail / cut down (on) / reduce expenditures — reduce costs
Examples

The department is trying to cut down on waste.

The ministry is trying to cut unnecessary costs.

I"m trying to cut down on sweets.

I'm trying to cut down on sweets.

He was cut down on a close play at third

He was knocked out on a close play in the third

Cut down on fatty foods if you want to lose weight.

Cut back on fatty foods if you want to lose weight.

The car's headlights are designed to cut down on glare.

Car headlights are designed to reduce glare.

By getting the design right, you can cut down on accidents.

By getting the right design, you can reduce accidents.

The shorter an English word, the more meanings it has, and verb cut is an excellent proof of this proposition. Besides that cut has several very useful translations that will definitely be useful to us, it is also a phrasal verb. We'll start by remembering the basic meanings cut and then move on to the “verb + preposition” scheme.

How is the verb CUT translated?

English verb cut most often translated as follows:

1. cut

2. cut yourself

3. injure

4. reduce

5. cut

Why don't we give some examples?

Jimmy cut his finger when he was cooking dinner. Jimmy cut his finger while preparing dinner.

I wanted to cut my hair but then changed my mind.– I wanted to cut my hair, but then I changed my mind.

The verb cut as a phrasal verb

It's time to learn some useful English verb phrases cut.

1. Cut across - to shorten the road.

We don't have a lot of time, so I suggest cutting across this side street to get to the station faster.- We don’t have much time, so I suggest taking a shortcut along this lane to get to the station faster.

2. Cut down - reduce or cut back on the consumption of something.

Have you cut down on sweets? – Do you eat less sweets?

3. Cut up - cut into pieces, trim (when driving a car)

He has already cut up me twice!“He’s already cut me off twice!”

4. Cut in – interfere, interrupt (during a conversation)

Nick cut in, when they were arguing.– Nick intervened while they were arguing.

5. Cut out - cut out

The child was cutting the picture out of the magazine.- The child cut out a picture from a magazine.

6. Cut off - turn off, stop supplying something, disinherit

The Tomsons decided to cut their youngest child off because of his improper behavior.– The Thomsons decided to disinherit their youngest son due to inappropriate behavior.

Forms of the verb cut

Concerning forms of the verb cut, then everything is as simple as shelling pears. In all tenses you will need the initial form cut(if you do not take into account the endings for the present simple and continuous).

I always cut my hair here – present simple

I have cut my hair – present perfect

18.12.2014

You probably know the word CUT as a common English verb meaning “to cut.” But that is not all.

In this article I bring to your attention 7 variants of the phrasal verb CUT in English. You can find out what phrasal verbs are in English.

1. Cut back on something

Our first version of a phrasal verb cut means “to consume less of something.”

For example, your friend decided to go on a diet and therefore now she will have to consume less sweets.

My friend Jessica has to cut back on sugary sweets as she’s on a diet now.
I cut back on meat. I decided to become a vegetarian.

2.Cut in

If you translate this phrasal verb literally, you get “to cut in,” but in fact it means “to interrupt someone’s conversation, interrupt.”

For example:

I was trying to talk to Ben, but my sister kept cutting in.
He's always cutting in! I'm sick and tired of it.

There are also fixed phrases with this phrasal verb: to cut in line– “get into the queue, squeeze into the queue” and cut it out!– a phrase you can say when the kids are making noise and you’re trying to sleep, like “Stop it!”

3. Cut someone off

This version of the English verb cut means "to deprive someone of an inheritance." Literally “to cut a person out of a will.”

For example:

His parents cut him off after he quit collage.
Jason's family cut him off when he left home.

4. Cut something out

The meaning of this expression is “to cut out, to extract something small from something large.” For example:

I cut the article out of the newspaper.
My younger brother likes to cut colorful pictures of cars out of magazines.

5.Cut up

This phrasal verb is used when you "cut something into pieces." For example:

I saw as he was cutting her photo up into pieces.
Teacher asked me to cut the paper up into squares.

6. Cut down

Like the first phrasal verb, cut down means "to reduce the amount of something."

It can also be used to mean “cutting down a plant or tree at the roots.” For example:

My article was too long, so I had to cut it down to fit the space.
Our father cut down the old tree in the garden as it blocked all the light.

7. Cut across

And the last English phrasal verb for today means “cut, shorten the path.”

A synonym for this verb is the expression “ cut corners" For example:

He quickly cut across the park to chase that man in black.
I suggest you to cut corners to be on time.

To better memorize these phrasal verbs, make sentences with them that you can use in the future and learn them.

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