chop off
phrasal verb
chopped off; chopping off; chops off
: to remove (something) by cutting
She'd had her ponytail chopped off.
He took an axe and chopped the low branch off the tree.
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Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
The script itself offers up plenty of solid laughs as characters bumble around searching for connections of the flesh and blood variety when not getting their heads chopped off.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Architect Jackson Gott’s ornamental tile roofs and dunce-cap-like decorative towers got chopped off.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
In addition to a $70,000 fine, they will be beaten with a rusty bat and have the tips of their fingers chopped off.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
The script itself offers up plenty of solid laughs as characters bumble around searching for connections of the flesh and blood variety when not getting their heads chopped off.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Architect Jackson Gott’s ornamental tile roofs and dunce-cap-like decorative towers got chopped off.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
In addition to a $70,000 fine, they will be beaten with a rusty bat and have the tips of their fingers chopped off.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chop off
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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