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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
- The All-Star break officially begins Friday, but the Clippers' extended weekend is coming just a few days too late.
- Sometimes, the stresses are strong enough to break off chunks of the comet's nucleus.
- 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.
- Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.
