Question

Write sentences using the phrasal verbs ‘cut off’ and ‘cut short’.

Answer 1

Hint: A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and an adverb, a verb and a preposition or a verb and an adverb as well as a preposition, in order to give a new meaning to the verb. Example: hold back, sit up, get down, walk away, carry out, break down, figure something out, hold on etc.

Complete step by step answer:
Let us write sentences using the given phrasal verbs followed by their meanings.

a) Cut off:
(cutting something in order to remove.)
- I want to cut my hair short.

 (to stop the supply of something).
- The municipality has cut off the electricity.

(stop communication).
-I have cut off with him, since he left the city.

(interrupt someone while talking).
-He always cut off in middle of an argument.

(end phone conversation)
-I was speaking on the phone, but when the doorbell rang, I cut off the phone.

b) Cut down:
(to make a reduction).
-You need to cut down on your expenses.

(to start doing less of something, especially when it’s not good for your health).
-You should cut down on sugar, as you are diabetic.

(to make something shorter).
-Try to cut down on the speech, it is very lengthy.

(to get killed).
-He was cut down in the battle.

Note:

The phrasal verbs ‘cut down’ and ‘cut short’ generally signifies subtraction. If you read the above sentences, in every sentence the sense of the usage of these verbs is to lessen or diminish.