cut-off
noun
[ ˈkʌtɒf ]
• a point or level which is a designated limit of something.
• "2,500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’"
• an act of stopping or interrupting the supply of something.
• "a cut-off of aid would be a disaster"
• shorts made by cutting off the legs of a pair of jeans or other trousers and leaving the edges unhemmed.
• "she was wearing frayed cut-offs"
• a short cut.
cut off
• remove something using a sharp implement.
• "once the loaf is out of the oven, it's very tempting to cut off a piece to try"
• stop the provision of something, especially power or water.
• "the electricity has been cut off within the hotel"
• prevent someone from having access to somewhere or someone.
• "the couple were cut off by a fast-moving tide"
• interrupt someone while they are speaking.
• "he cut her off and went on to another subject"
• reject someone as one's heir; disinherit someone.
• "Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny"
• drive aggressively into the path of another driver while overtaking.
• "he told troopers he lost control of his truck after a vehicle cut him off"
