1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context C c (13/13)

curl up
My big fat lazy cat curled up in front of the fire and went to sleep.
curl up

The young boy curled up
on the bed between his
parents and fell asleep.

✍ ^

cut across
We don’t have to follow the road. It’d be quicker if we cut across the
park.

cut across sth

The racing driver was
disqualified for cutting
across the track.

✍ ^

cut back

You spend too much. Don’t you think you should try to cut back on the

amount of money you spend each month?

cut back sth

cut sth back

cut back on sth

The rose bushes are

getting too big, so Pedro

is going to cut them back.

✍ 

cut down
If you’re overweight, it’s time to cut down on the amount of fatty food,
junk food and snack foods that you eat.

cut down sth

cut down on sth

Cutting down on junk
food cuts down the risk of
getting heart disease.

✍  see also: cut back

cut off
He was talking to his kids on the phone when he was cut off, so he had
to call them again.

(be/get) cut off
cut off sb/sth
cut sb/sth off
She didn’t pay her bills, so
the power company cut
her electricity off.

✍ ^

cut off
They lived on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, cut off from the rest of
the world.

cut off

cut off from sth/sb

While he was in jail in
Iraq, he was cut off from
his family and friends.

✍ ^

cut out
The kids were running around the living room when their father told
them to cut it out before they broke something.

cut sth out

cut out sth

‘Cut that out!’ he yelled at
his kids, and they stopped
running around.

✍ 

cut out
Our son’s a professional football player and whenever his picture’s in
the newspaper, my wife cuts it out and puts it in a special scrapbook.

cut sth out

cut out sth

My daughter likes to cut
out and keep interesting
magazine articles.

✍ 

cut out for
Unlike his father, Pierre wasn’t cut out for a life in the army. He was a
sensitive, creative boy and more suited to a career in music or dance.

cut out for sth

My son loves writing and
seems to be cut out for a
career in journalism.

✍ 

cut up
Could you cut up some meat for the cat, please? cut up sth^
cut sth up

If we all join in and cut up
the vegetables, it’ll mean
we can eat sooner.

✍  see also:^ chop up^