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Meanings of cut the cable in English

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Usage of cut the cable in English
1
Just cut the cable in two, and put the lines together correctly.
The Online World
2
Thus adjured, Miles unwillingly cut the cable, and drifted into a passage.
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
3
An engaged woman can cut the cable and be free without assistance.
The Obstacle Race
4
Paul must have got on board all right, and cut the cable.
Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy
5
At least the government hadn't cut the cable or phone lines-yet
The devil's alphabet
6
The boatswain went forward, axe in hand, to cut the cable.
The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa
7
Somebody had found it and had cut the cable with it.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
8
Send men to be ready to cut the cable, Mr Moor.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
9
What was it that had first cut the cable that sent him drifting?
Judith of the Plains
10
I have cut the cable, and I think that I have fired the ship.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
11
With a blow of the axe he cut the cable.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
12
Get the sails on her, lads, and cut the cable.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
13
And I did say that if I had an axe I'd cut the cable.
The Guardian
14
Is 2013 the year to cut the cable cord?
Reuters
15
Humphrey sprang to the side, and cut the cable which anchored her to her moorings.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
16
That day came upon them, not unexpected, in 1860, and therefore they cut the cable.
North America — Volume 2
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