be cut adrift

be cut adrift

To be detached or cut off from something. Likened to a boat having its mooring cut so that it drifts freely in the water. She was cut adrift after her parents found drugs in her room and kicked her out of the house.
See also: adrift, cut
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • adrift
  • cut adrift
  • cut eyes at
  • cut eyes at (someone or something)
  • cut out for, to be
  • cut a fat hog
  • cut (something) down to (something)
  • cut down to
  • cut (someone or something) with (something)
  • cut with
References in periodicals archive
In an olive branch to Tory eurosceptics, Cameron will say Britain would not be cut adrift if it leaves.
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Burnham told BBC Radio Five Live: "We are saying no sport will be cut adrift.
Olympics lift after cash boost
Burnham said: "We are saying no sport will be cut adrift.
Olympics: Fourth still Olympic aim despite funding cuts
Burnham said: "We are saying no sport will be cut adrift. (For) some of the sports in more of a developmental stage we are going to identify a way forward so they can really use London to act as a springboard for more success." He added: "The global economy has changed significantly and the job I faced was to give sport certainty in this era.
Late cash injection gives 2012 Olympic medal hopes a boost; OLYMPICS
Head coach Brian Ashton has started the process of cutting names from World Cup contention, with Olly Morgan, Fraser Waters, Shane Geraghty, Louis Deacon, Andy Hazell and Magnus Lund the first batch to be cut adrift.
Borthwick keen to claim World Cup place
Bruce is confident chairman David Gold, co-owner David Sullivan and co will back him financially if Blues are in with a fighting chance of Premiership survival but should the side be cut adrift of the safety zone then the cash for new blood is unlikely to be forthcoming.
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