Phrasal Verbs with Cut, Meanings and Example Sentences in English

Phrasal Verbs with Cut, Meanings and Example Sentences in English

Phrasal Verbs

It is generally used with a verb, an adverb, or a preposition. An adverb or preposition added to the main verb changes the meaning of the actual verb, giving it a different meaning. Since it has a different meaning, it becomes an idiomatic verb. For example, if the preposition “up” is added to the verb “give”, we get the idiomatic verb “Give up” and it gains a new meaning regardless of the meaning of the two words that make it up.

Phrasal Verbs are divided into two as “separable” and “inseparable”.

Separable Phrasal Verbs

If a phrasal verb is separable, we can place the object between the main verb and the preposition or add it to the end of the phrasal verb phrase without separating it at all.

Inseparable Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verb type that cannot be placed in the middle of the phrasal verb phrase of the object of the sentence, therefore, must be used side by side and cannot be divided, is called “Inseparable phrasal verbs”. As an example, let’s use the phrasal verb “come across”, which is a combination of the words “come” and “across”, in a few sentences.

Cut in

to interrupt

When you cut in on our conversation, we were talking.

Cut into

to shortening into parts or to make sth smaller

Knives easily cut into the cake.

Cut across

to make a shorter route

If I cut across the field, it’ll save time.

Cut up

to cut into pieces

My mother cut up the onions and put them in the pot.

Cut out

to stop working

There are two engines. One of them cut out yesterday.

Cut down

to use less of sth

I’m trying to cut down on sugar.