French-English translations for couper la parole

cut offHis parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
interrupt
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It would have broken my heart to interrupt you. Je n’aurais pas eu le cœur de vous couper la parole. A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shoutingThe evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.