Definition of cut off
                                                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut 
short the conversation"
                                                                        
                                                                                                                 remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the 
dead branch"
                                                                        
 
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 cut off and stop; "The 
bicyclist was cut out by the van"
                                                                        
                                                                                                                 remove surgically; "amputate limbs"