2020 · Q45
Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Cut the cord
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ATo stop needing your parents for money
- BTo stop needing someone else to look after you and start acting independently
- CTo be safe on your own
- DTo be a married person
Explanation
'To cut the cord' means to stop being dependent on someone or something and become independent (from the image of cutting the umbilical cord). 'To be held by someone' and 'to shoulder one's responsibilities' miss this sense of severing dependence. Hence (B) To be independent of someone is correct.