cutsomethingup
phrasal verbwithcutverbuk/kʌt/us/kʌt/present participlecutting|past tense and past participlecut
B1
tocutsomething intopieces
- Cut thechickenbreastup intosmallpieces.
- How do youstopyoureyesfromwateringwhen you'recuttinguponions?
- Thechildrencutuplotsofcolouredpaperandpicturesfrommagazineto make acollage.
- He took hercreditcardandcutit up intopiecesbecause she hadrunup such ahugebill.
- OK then - we'llcutthecakeup intoequalpieces. How manypeoplewantcake?
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- divide/split(something)down the middleidiom
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel