Associate
Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.
Cut off
Cut off verb - To set or keep apart from others.
Usage example: the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared
Both terms in one sentence
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Perfect in the WWF (now WWE), cut off frequent associate Rick Rude from calling him perfect on WCW television so they wouldn't get sued.
Source: You Wanna Get Sued? - Chris Meloni also had a recurring role on Oz in which his on-screen sometimes-boyfriend Tobias Beecher was targeted by the prison's white supremacists, who had an associate cut off his son's hand and mail it to him.
Source: Actor Allusion / Live-Action TV
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