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break off
verb
to sever or detach or be severed or detached
it broke off in my hands
he broke a piece off the bar of chocolate
(adverb) to end (a relationship, association, etc) or (of a relationship, etc) to be ended
(intr, adverb) to stop abruptly; halt
he broke off in the middle of his speech
noun
the act or an instance of breaking off or stopping
Idioms and Phrases
Stop abruptly, as in The trade talks broke off yesterday . [First half of 1300s]
Separate, sever a connection, as in The baby broke off the tops of all the flowers , or The new sect has broken off from the established church . [First half of 1500s]
End a relationship or friendship, as in Mary broke off her engagement to Rob . [Mid-1600s]
Example Sentences
The piece had broken off, and the fan told Takehama that he was taking it home.
About 100 people from a party broke off and went on a vandalism spree, Carranza said.
“A couple of weeks ago, we had like a two-week break off the tour, and I went on a mother— bender,” Lee told the audience at a concert in San Antonio.
Denmark would break off relations with the U.S. and insist, with a certain amount of hedging, that this was an act of war, sort of.
The researchers found deep, comb-like grooves, interpreted to have been created by the keels of large icebergs that broke off the British-Irish ice sheet more than 18,000 years ago.
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