Phrases & Expressions

To laugh a lot, or to make someone laugh a lot.

• His joke cracked me up.
• We all cracked up when the dog stole his sandwich.

To move on hands and knees beneath something.

• The dog crawled under the table to hide.
• We had to crawl under the fence to get into the garden.

You will deal with a problem only when it actually arrives.

• What if it rains tomorrow? We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
• Don't worry now — we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

To reduce the amount or quantity of something.

• We need to cut back on our expenses.
• He decided to cut back on sugar.

To use or consume less of something.

• We must cut back on expenses.
• He decided to cut back on sugar.

To deliberately skip a class without permission.

• Ted often cuts class to spend more time with his girlfriend.
• If you keep cutting French class, you're going to fail it.

To lower how much or how many there are.

• I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
• We need to cut down the number of meetings.

To stop the supply of something such as electricity, water, or a phone call.

• They cut off our electricity because we forgot to pay the bill.
• We were cut off in the middle of the phone call.

To remove something by cutting it from a larger piece.

• Cut out that picture from the magazine.
• The children cut out paper stars for the window.

A service package from a mobile provider that includes a certain amount of internet data.

• My data plan is unlimited.
• I need a new data plan.