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cutting ties

cutting ties is the present participle and gerund of cut ties.

Meaning of cut ties

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.

Questions about cutting ties

What is cutting ties the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting ties is the present participle and gerund of cut ties.

Words near cutting ties in the dictionary

  1. cutting the pigeon wing
  2. cutting the rug
  3. cutting the shit
  4. cutting the umbilical cord
  5. cutting through
  6. cutting ties
  7. cutting to Hecuba
  8. cutting to pieces
  9. cutting to ribbons
  10. cutting to the chase
  11. cutting to the quick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutting ties (page history and authors); cut ties (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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