Definitions for break off

Definitions for (verb) break off

Main entry: break, break off, stop, discontinue

Definition: prevent completion

Usage: stop the project; break off the negotiations


Main entry: cut short, break off, break short

Definition: interrupt before its natural or planned end

Usage: We had to cut short our vacation


Main entry: chip, break off, knap, cut off

Definition: break a small piece off from

Usage: chip the glass; chip a tooth


Main entry: break away, break off, come off, chip, chip off

Definition: break off (a piece from a whole)

Usage: Her tooth chipped


Main entry: snap off, break, break off

Definition: break a piece from a whole

Usage: break a branch from a tree


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