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cut ties

cut ties verb: to abruptly and/or permanently end a relationship.

Verb

cut ties (third-person singular simple present cuts ties, present participle cutting ties, simple past and past participle cut ties)

  1. To abruptly and/or permanently end a relationship.

Forms of cut ties

third-person singular presentcuts ties
present participlecutting ties
past participlecut ties
pastcut ties

Questions about cut ties

What does cut ties mean?
Cut ties means to abruptly and/or permanently end a relationship.
What part of speech is cut ties?
Cut ties is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut ties?
The past tense of cut ties is cut ties.

Words near cut ties in the dictionary

  1. cut the umbilical cord
  2. cut throat
  3. cut throats
  4. cut through
  5. cut throughs
  6. cut ties
  7. cut time
  8. cut to black
  9. cut to Hecuba
  10. cut to pieces
  11. cut to ribbons

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