chop off

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chop off

verb chops off · chopping off · chopped off

literally, transitive To sever by chopping or as if by chopping. They will chop off your head.
slang, transitive To end (something); to finish (something). When she found out what happened, she chopped off the engagement.

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@misc{chop_off_2026,
  title = {chop off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chop%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}