PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

cut off  ‘cut off’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 53, LSJ; 69, LSJ
Translation of:
Greek: ἀπολαμβάνω [Alm. Heiberg: I.10, 41:5-6; I.14, 77:2. – PH Heiberg: I.8:2, 80:9]
Synonyms:
cut away[PH Hamm: I.10:7, 54:8; I.13:5, 61:7]
cut off[PH Hamm: I.11:5, 56:16]
cut off[PH Hamm: I.8:2, 50:7]