VERB
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prevent completion
break off the negotiations
stop the project -
break off (a piece from a whole)
Her tooth chipped -
break a small piece off from
chip a tooth
chip the glass -
interrupt before its natural or planned end
We had to cut short our vacation -
break a piece from a whole
break a branch from a tree
How To Use break off In A Sentence
- It has many kerned letters which are liable to break off at the ends of the lines in an exposed position. The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
- Sometimes, the stresses are strong enough to break off chunks of the comet's nucleus.
- Do thou therefore not be such an one : but be such an one as on the other side thou findest, that is, so that thou forget things past, unto things before reach thyself out, in order that thine old man on the Rock thou mayest break off. Rebirth of the Eagle
- Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.
- To particularise: an under-sized dog will, ten to one, break off from the chase71 faint and flagging in the performance of his duty owing to mere diminutiveness. On Hunting
- In the wake of the bombing, the UK is threatening to break off diplomatic relations.
- Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations with the regime.
- It is not easy to break off a bad habit.
- Telephoning Jonathan to break off the engagement had almost been a high point of comic relief.
- It is not easy to break off a bad habit.
