ADJ

clean, neat

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

PHRASES

cuts and bruises

ADJ

hair

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