cut off
1 (v + adv) remove, sever TRANSITIVEscoith verb cut off the withered branches scoith na craobhacha atá feoiteto cut sb's head off an cloigeann a bhaint de dhuine 2 (v + adv) disconnect TRANSITIVEgearr verb the water was cut off gearradh an t-uiscewe were cut off gearradh an líne orainnTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) block supply TRANSITIVEstop a chur le VP stop verb coisc verb they cut off our supplies choisc siad ár gcuid soláthairtíall foreign aid has been cut off tá stop curtha le haon chabhair ón gcoigríoch 4 (v + adv) reduce by sth TRANSITIVEthe tunnel cuts twenty minutes off the journey laghdaíonn an tollán an turas le fiche nóiméad, baineann an tollán fiche bomaite den turasshe cut five seconds off the record sháraigh sí an churiarracht le cúig shoicind 5 (v + adv) block way TRANSITIVEtar roimh blocáil verb to cut off the enemy's retreat stop a chur le cúlú na namhad, an namhaid a sháinniúto cut off a route bealach a dhúnadh, bealach a dhruidim 6 (v + adv) isolate TRANSITIVEscoith verb scar amach they're still cut off from the mainland tá siad fós scoite ón mórthírshe became cut off from her friends scaradh amach óna cairde ía small town cut off from the world baile beag ar an iargúil 7 (v + adv) interrupt TRANSITIVEtar roimh to cut sb off in mid-sentence teacht roimh dhuine i lár abairte, gearradh trasna ar dhuine i lár abairte 8 (v + adv) disinherit TRANSITIVEto cut sb off duine a chur as oidhreachtthey cut him off without a penny níor fhág siad pingin aige 9 (v + adv) stop communicating with TRANSITIVEcuir ó dhoras to cut sb off duine a chur ó dhoras, do chúl a iompú le duineshe cut herself off from her people thug sí cúl dá muintir 10 (v + adv) (US) stop serving alcohol to TRANSITIVEthe barman cut him off dhiúltaigh fear an bheáir tuilleadh dí a dhíol leis 11 (v + adv) stop speaking etc INTRANSITIVEstad go tobannstop go tobannhe cut off mid-song stop sé go tobann i lár amhráin → féach cut