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break off (verb)

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  • break off — verb 1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 2) We had to cut short our vacation • Syn: ↑cut short, ↑break short • Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break …   Useful english dictionary

  • break off — verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to stop abruptly < break off in the middle of a sentence > 2. to become detached < branches that broke off in the storm > 3. to end a relationship …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • break off phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) to suddenly stop doing something, especially talking to someone: Fay told her story, breaking off now and then to wipe the tears from her eyes. (break sth off): I broke off the conversation and answered the phone. 2 (transitive… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • break off — phrasal verb Word forms break off : present tense I/you/we/they break off he/she/it breaks off present participle breaking off past tense broke off past participle broken off 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop doing something, especially… …   English dictionary

  • break off — UK US break (sth) off Phrasal Verb with break({{}}/breɪk/ verb [T] (broke, broken) ► to stop, or to make something stop: »Talks between the two companies broke off over disagreements about the merger. »The company has decided to break off… …   Financial and business terms

  • break off — 1) PHR V ERG If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. [V P] The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact... [V P n (not pron)] Grace broke off a large piece of the clay... [V n P …   English dictionary

  • break off — phr verb Break off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑contact, ↑conversation, ↑engagement, ↑negotiation, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑talk, ↑twig …   Collocations dictionary

  • break off — verb a) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor… …   Wiktionary

  • break off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stop abruptly, end, cease, discontinue; see end 1 , stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: cease, discontinue, interrupt, suspend, terminate. See CONTINUE …   English dictionary for students

  • ˌbreak ˈoff — phrasal verb to stop speaking Linda broke off, realizing that she was wrong.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • break up — verb 1. to cause to separate and go in different directions (Freq. 5) She waved her hand and scattered the crowds • Syn: ↑disperse, ↑dissipate, ↑dispel, ↑scatter • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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