cut adrift

Idioms  

1. Separated or detached; freed. For example, The dissenters were cut adrift from the denomination. This expression alludes to cutting the rope of a floating vessel so that it drifts without direction or purpose. The figurative use of adrift dates from the late 1600s.

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cut adrift

It is a disastrous result for Nuno Espirito Santo's men, who are in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League along with Wolves and Burnley.

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

Results dictate, despite executive chairman Jeff Shi's willingness to be loyal, and they are now cut adrift at the foot of the table with little to suggest there would be a dramatic upturn in form.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

No one has been cut adrift in the fight for survival with just three points separating Leicester in 14th and bottom-of-the-table Southampton.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023

Tracy Kato-Kiriyama reads with sensitivity and restraint how Alice, an aging swimmer afflicted with dementia, is increasingly cut adrift on stranger tides uncontained by lane markers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

I do not remember experiencing great grief so much as feeling cut adrift.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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