Phrasal verbs – Cut

Cut across

– Go across a place rather than around it to make the journey quicker
– Affect people of different groups, classes, etc

Cut back

– Reduce

Cut back on

– Reduce expenditure

Cut down

– Consume less
– Shoot
– Reduce a vertical thing to ground level by cutting
– Cut something from a high position

Cut down on

– Reduce

Cut in

– Start functioning
– Drive in front of another vehicle without warning
– Interrupt
– Include someone in a deal that makes money

Cut it out

– Stop your unfair or unreasonable behaviour

Cut off

– Disconnect
– Isolate or make inaccessible

Cut out

– Exclude
– When an engine or motor stops
– Cut a picture or similar from a magazine, etc

Cut up

– Cut into smaller pieces
– Drive into a neighbouring lane, directly in front of another vehicle
– Upset
– Have a lot of small injuries