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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cut short, break short, break offverb

    interrupt before its natural or planned end

    "We had to cut short our vacation"

  2. break, break off, discontinue, stopverb

    prevent completion

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

  3. chip, chip off, come off, break away, break offverb

    break off (a piece from a whole)

    "Her tooth chipped"

  4. break, break off, snap offverb

    break a piece from a whole

    "break a branch from a tree"

  5. chip, knap, cut off, break offverb

    break a small piece off from

    "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

Wiktionary

  1. break offverb

    To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.

  2. break offverb

    To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping

ChatGPT

  1. break off

    To break off generally refers to ending, stopping, or discontinuing something abruptly. This could be used in various contexts, such as ending a relationship, stopping a conversation abruptly, or detaching a piece from a whole object.

Rap Dictionary

  1. break offverb

    Marijuana is sometimes sold as little blocks. So, breaking off some means to share the good stuff with others. "Break ya off something" -- Cypress Hill (Insane in the brain).

  2. break offverb

    To bring some one to cum. "Goin' to break you off, yeah babe" -- The Roots (Phrenology)

  3. break offverb

    breaking one off also means punching someone "broke him off somethin fierce"

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of break off in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of break off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of break off in a Sentence

  1. Vladimir Putin:

    As I understand it, the Russian government has mentioned the variant of severing diplomatic relations, united States can't just break off diplomatic relations and stop talking to each other.

  2. President Trump:

    I gave them a big break on tariffs, but now I'm taking that break off, because it's very unfair to our manufacturers and very unfair to our farmers.

  3. Defence Minister Bartosz Kownacki:

    Unfortunately, the deal with Airbus has been negotiated and preliminarily signed by the former government, so we have little room for manoeuvre, because if we break off the negotiations we would risk ... paying damages.

  4. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel:

    We all know that it would be not only economically and financially, but also politically bad if the first cornerstone of the European house were to break off, this is not about what to do with the existing debt, but rather what is at stake is that there are further debts.

  5. The British actress:

    I actually am still on my break, i took a break off of work to focus on my mental health, because I thought it was important. So, Im still on that.


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