cut someone dead
To completely ignore someoneTo completely ignore someone.
» We're going to cut down these dead trees.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic, slang)To completely ignore someone.
Examples
10 sentencesWe're going to cut down these dead trees.
He cut away the dead branches from the tree.
ruОн срезал мёртвые ветви с дерева. — Biga
I cut the dead trees down.
You cut the dead trees down.
She cut me dead in the street.
ruВстретив меня на улице, она сделала вид, что меня не заметила. — marafon
deSie tat auf der Straße so, als sei ich Luft. — Waldelfe
Forms
cuts someone dead, cutting someone dead, cut someone dead, cut someone dead| Base form | cut someone dead · to cut someone dead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cuts someone dead |
| Present participle | cutting someone dead |
| Past simple | cut someone dead |
| Past participle | cut someone dead |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
10 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.