C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[cut off] {v.}
1. To separate or block.
The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of the world.
The woods cut off the view.
His rudeness cuts him off from friends he might have.
2. To interrupt or stop.
* /The television show was […]
[cut off one's nose to spite one's face] {v. phr.}
To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person.
* /In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to […]
[cut offs] {n.}, {colloquial}
Pants cut to the length of shorts and usually left unhemmed so as to look old and worn, e.g., considered cool and elegant.
Jack always wears cut-offs during the summer.
[cut one's losses] {v. phr.}
To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well.
"Just cut your losses, Jim," his father suggested, "and get on with the rest of your life."
[cut one's throat] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To spoil one's chances; ruin a person.
He cut his own throat by his carelessness.
The younger men in the company were cutting each other's throats in their eagerness to win success.
* /John cut […]
[cut out] (1) {v.}, {slang}
1. To stop; quit.
All right, now — let's cut out the talking.
He was teasing the dog and Joe told him to cut it out.
Compare: [BREAK UP] (3).
2. To displace in favor.
Tony cut Ed out with Mary.
* /John cut […]
[cut out] (2) {adj.}
1. Made ready; given for action; facing.
Mary agreed to stay with her teacher's children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her.
- Often used in the phrase "have one's work cut out for one."
* /If Mr. Perkins […]
[cut rate] (1) {n.}
A lower price; a price less than usual.
Toys are on sale at the store for cut rates.