pinch off

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pinch off

verb pinches off · pinching off · pinched off

To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion. Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.

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verb To separate (something) from something else

Deutsch	abkneifen, abzwacken, abzwicken

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@misc{pinch_off_2026,
  title = {pinch off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinch%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}