power cut
noun /ˈpaʊə kʌt/
/ˈpaʊər kʌt/
(British English) (North American English power outage)
- a situation in which the supply of electricity is interrupted; a period of time when this happens
- They get a lot of power cuts because they have overhead wires.
- The capital and towns to the north were plunged into darkness by power cuts.