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cut water off

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cut someone's water off
Fig. to squelch someone; to thwart someone. (Fixed order.) Well, I guess that cuts your water off! That sure cuts off my water!
See also: cut, water


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Each of those water systems has to determine, if they get into an emergency situation, to whom are they going to cut water off first?
In a Sacramento Bee article, the Interior Department official is quoted as being skeptical of the studies used in actions leading up to the decision to cut water off to the Klamath basin in favor of endangered fish.
 
 
 
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