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break off

Pronunciation:  breyk of

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
  2. [v]  interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
  3. [v]  break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
  4. [v]  break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped"
  5. [v]  break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
 
 Synonyms: break, break, break away, break short, chip, chip off, come off, cut off, cut short, discontinue, knap, snap off, stop
 
 See Also: bog, bog down, break up, carve, chip at, cut, cut off, detach, disrupt, divide, end, exfoliate, flake, flake off, fracture, hang up, interrupt, part, peel, peel off, separate, terminate

 

 

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 Related Terms: agree to disagree, be at cross-purposes, break, clash, collide, conflict, contradict, counter, cut off, differ, disaccord, disagree, disarrange, discontinue, disjoin, dissent, intermit, interrupt, jangle, jar, jostle, mismatch, mismate, negate, object, snap the thread, suspend, take a break, vary
 

 

 

 

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