Definition of 'break off'

Verb

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
      Synonyms: cut short break short
2. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
      Synonyms: break discontinue stop
3. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
      Synonyms: chip chip off come off break away
4. break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
      Synonyms: break snap off
5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
      Synonyms: chip knap cut off

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