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break off
verb
- to sever or detach or be severed or detached
he broke a piece off the bar of chocolate
it broke off in my hands
- 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
Example Sentences
He told The Times he “was able to break off and escape inside the gas station.”
We are not trying to break off the mold intentionally.
Lizza, who broke off his engagement with Nuzzi and announced that he would no longer cover stories related to Kennedy for Politico, denied the allegations on Tuesday.
Pogacar finished in six hours, 27 minutes and 30 seconds - 34 seconds clear of Australia's Ben O'Connor, who broke off the front of the chasing pack to claim silver.
In May a huge iceberg broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, drifted, and came to a stop - right in front of “maybe the world’s unluckiest” penguins.
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