Definition of break off

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Verb

interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"

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prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

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break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

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break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"

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break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

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break break away break short chip chip off come off cut off cut short discontinue knap snap off stop

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break cut detach divide end interrupt part separate terminate

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bog bog down break up cut off disrupt exfoliate flake flake off fracture hang up interrupt peel peel off

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