cut on
cut on · cuts on · cut on · cutting on
To turn onTo turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
» The doctor advised him to cut down on drinking.
Der Arzt riet ihm, weniger zu trinken.
Врач посоветовал ему сократить употребление алкоголя.
Лікар порадив йому менше пити.
Meaning
1 senses(Appalachia, slang)To turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
Examples
139 sentencesThe doctor advised him to cut down on drinking.
Лікар порадив йому менше пити.
ruВрач посоветовал ему сократить употребление алкоголя.
deDer Arzt riet ihm, weniger zu trinken.
Tom often cuts classes on Monday.
deThomas schwänzt am Montag oft den Unterricht.
Tom has cut down on drinking.
I've cut down on my expenses.
ruЯ сократил все свои расходы.
Tom cut himself on some broken glass.
deTom verletzte sich an einer Glasscherbe.
Forms
cuts on, cutting on, cut on, cut onPhrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- cut upперебитиTo cut upward.
- cut offперебитиTo remove by cutting.
- cut outзрубати, зрубуватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
- cut inвставити, вкластиTo intrude or interrupt.
- cut downзрубати, зрубуватиTo cut downward.
- cut backрізати, рубатиTo reduce the amount of (something).
- cut intoкопати, ритиSynonym of cut in (to include)
- cut throughпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut through.
More 7
- cut acrossпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut over or through (a place).
- cut roundхизуватися, кокетуватиTo show off; to be performative.
- cut onTo turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
- cut awayTo fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
- cut alongTo depart for another place; make a move; set off.
- cut aboutTo go around (move from person to person).
- cut underTo undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb