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What does 'cut each other off' mean?

What does 'cut each other off' mean when it is in the context of driving or walking?
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What's the difference in meaning between "emigrate" and "immigrate"?

What's the difference between emigrate and immigrate? They seem to have the same definitions in the dictionary but they are antonyms...  
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What is "For the better or worse"?

I remember hearing this a few times before but am not really 100% sure on the exact meaning of it. …
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Difference between Emend and Amend

What's the difference between the verbs to emend and to amend? They both have the same definition on Oxford Online Dictionary as follows: emend: Make corrections and revisions to (a text): 'th …
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Difference between "empathetic" and "empathic"

Apparently both words empathetic and empathic mean the same thing, yet I see one person refer to the specific type of writing as empathetic writing, while another empathic writing. Who's correct and w …
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