chop off

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English

Verb

chop off (third-person singular simple present chops off, present participle chopping off, simple past and past participle chopped off)

  1. (transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
    They will chop off your head.
    We'll chop off sales from the marketing department.
  2. (transitive, slang) To end (something); to finish (something).
    When she found out what happened, she chopped off the engagement.