cut adrift

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.

Example Sentences

"We were cut adrift. No chance of staying up," said Kleanthous.

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Newcastle finished 11th in the Premier League, 14 points clear of the relegation zone after being cut adrift when Howe came in.

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Despite a miserable run of form, Leicester are by no means cut adrift in the table.

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Diallo was speaking about United's previous two results, which Amorim admitted before the game had come with a counter-attacking tactic United simply could not deploy at Old Trafford against a side that had won just once previously in the league, and were cut adrift at the bottom of the table.

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Plymouth may be bottom of the table with 18 points, but they are far from cut adrift, just four points from Hull City in 21st.

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