cut adrift

cut adrift
index dissociate, separate, sever

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • cut adrift — phrasal : to sever the connections of : leave or become independent or derelict …   Useful english dictionary

  • adrift — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ come ▪ I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. ▪ go (figurative) ▪ Our plans had gone badly adrift …   Collocations dictionary

  • adrift — /əˈdrɪft / (say uh drift) adjective 1. not fastened by any kind of moorings; at the mercy of winds and currents. 2. swayed by any chance impulse; aimless. 3. missing the point; wide of the mark. 4. Obsolete a. missing. b. Military Colloquial… …  

  • cut off — Synonyms and related words: abridge, abrupt, abscind, alienate, amputate, annihilate, ax, ban, bar, bar out, bereave, bereave of life, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, bisect, bleed, block, blockade, bob, break, break off, butcher, carry away,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cut out — Synonyms and related words: abjure, abrupt, abscind, abstract, act for, alienate, amputate, annihilate, arrange, avulse, ban, bar, bob, calculate, cast, cast off, cast out, change places with, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cut the painter —    to die    Like a boat cast loose on the water and used of old seafarers. Cut adrift, of the same tendency, is probably obsolete. Cut your cable should logically imply suicide but it is used of natural death, usually in old age …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Disjunction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disjunction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disjunction disjunction disconnection disunity disunion disassociation disengagement Sgm: N 1 discontinuity discontinuity &c. 70 Sgm: N 1 abjunction abjunction Sgm …   English dictionary for students

  • Pirate Master — infobox television show name = Pirate Master format = Reality, Game Show winner = Ben Fagan runtime = 60 minutes location = Dominica creator = Mark Burnett starring = Cameron Daddo (host) country = USA network = CBS, CBS.com first aired = May 31… …   Wikipedia

  • disjunction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act or state of separation Nouns 1. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; isolation, separateness, dispersion. 2. fissure, rent, crevice, gash (see interval). 3.… …   English dictionary for students

  • cast off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandoned, abrupt, abstract, adrift, afloat, alienate, aweigh, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast loose, cast out, castaway, cat the anchor, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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