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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Cut off

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone

Does 'cut off the telephone mean' disconnect/cut the telephone connection?

Does the sentence 'I cut the telephone off when I was talking to him.' mean that I hang up the phone?


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anonymous Does 'cut off the telephone mean' disconnect/cut the telephone connection? Yes. It means disconnect the phone so that it cannot receive or send calls, probably by removing the jack from the wall.

  • anonymous Does 'cut off the telephone mean' disconnect/cut the telephone connection?
  • Yes.
  • It means disconnect the phone so that it cannot receive or send calls, probably by removing the jack from the wall.
  • ' mean that I h u ng up the phone?
  • No.
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anonymousDoes 'cut off the telephone mean' disconnect/cut the telephone connection?

Yes. It means disconnect the phone so that it cannot receive or send calls, probably by removing the jack from the wall.

anonymousDoes the sentence 'I cut the telephone off when I was talking to him.' mean that I hung up the phone?

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