VERB + CUT
- make
- give
- a high-quality blade that gives a clean cut
PREP
- ~ in
- Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material
ADJ
- bad, deep, nasty
- minor, small, superficial
- He's got a small cut on his finger
- clean
VERB + CUT
- have
- get, suffer
- She got a bad cut over her right eye
- clean
- Clean the cut and cover it to prevent infection
- bandage, cover, dress
CUT + VERB
- heal
- A clean cut heals quickly
PREP
- ~ on
- a cut on her hand
- ~ to
- One man was attacked and suffered cuts to his face
VERB + CUT
- have
- I've made an appointment to have a hair cut
ADJ
- big, deep, drastic, large, major, massive, real, savage, severe, sharp, significant, substantial, swingeing
- government
- financial
- budget, defence, education, expenditure, interest-rate, job, pay, price, service, spending, staff, tax, wage
- They get a lot of power cuts because they have overhead wires
- power
QUANT
- round
- The company has announced a new round of job cuts
VERB + CUT
- make
- They are planning to make substantial cuts in the service
- announce, propose
- proposed tax cuts
- suffer, take
- The staff have all had to take a cut in salary
CUT + VERB
- come into effect
- The cuts will come into effect next May
PREP
- ~ in
- cuts in public spending
ADJ
- choice, expensive, good, lean
- cheap
- cold ~s
PREP
- ~ of
- The recipe calls for a good lean cut of beef
VERB + CUT
- get, have, take
- By the time the organizers have had their cut, there won't be much left
PREP
- ~ of
- He takes a cut of the profits
ADV
- thick
- Make sure you cut the bread nice and thick
- thinly
- cleanly
- Cut the stem cleanly, just beneath a leaf joint
- easily
- Sandstone cuts easily
- crossways, lengthways
- Cut the courgette in half lengthways
- away, down
- cutting down trees
PREP
- from
- They cut away all the dead branches from the tree
- into
- She picked up the knife and cut into the meat. He cut the bread into thin slices
- through
- I can't cut through this wood
PHRASES
- cut and paste (computing)
- You can cut and paste between different programs
- cut sb/sth free
- Two survivors were cut free after being trapped for twenty minutes
- cut sth into pieces
- Cut the cake into six pieces
- cut sth in half/ two
- She cut the loaf in two and gave me one of the halves
- cut sth open
- She fell and cut her head open
ADV
- considerably, drastically, significantly
- short
- His career was cut short by injury
- drastically, savagely, severely, significantly
- Social work services have been cut back drastically
- considerably, drastically
- gradually
VERB + CUT
- try to
- manage to
- We have managed to cut our costs quite drastically
- be forced to, have to
- be forced to, have to
- try to
- manage to
- advise sb to
PREP
- by
- The department has to cut its spending by 30%
- from, to
- The price has been cut from £250 to £175
- PHRASAL VERBS cut back
- on
- Local authorities have been forced to cut back on expenditure
- cut down
- on
- I'm trying to cut down on fatty foods
- cut sb/sth off
ADV
- abruptly, suddenly
- His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain
ADV
- completely, totally, utterly, wholly
- effectively, largely, virtually
PREP
- from
- They were completely cut off from the outside world