Phrasal verbs like "cut off" can have multiple meanings:
1. "To cut off" a phone conversation means to interrupt or break the telephone connection.
2. It can also mean to interrupt someone who is speaking, such as cutting off someone's explanation in mid-sentence.
3. The phrasal verb "cut off" implies making or breaking a connection and interrupting ongoing communication between people or devices.
6. Interrupt continue making breaking
interrupt
To _________________ a telephone
breaking
conversation by _________________the
connection.
7. 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.
8. a) Their telephone connection was
suddenly broken.
They were suddenly cut off
_____________________________
9. b) Operator, the connection with the
person I was talking to has been
broken.
´ve been cut off.
Operator,
we______________________
c) I m so sorry. My son was playing
with the phone and broke our
connection.
cut us off.
I m so sorry. My son_______________