chop off
phrasal verb
chopped off; chopping off; chops off
: to remove (something) by cutting
She'd had her ponytail chopped off.
He took an axe and chopped the low branch off the tree.
Examples of chop off in a Sentence
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Elsewhere, office staples like ballet flats and penny loafers have had their backs chopped off to great results.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 June 2024
But in a final act of sadism, Blood and Cheese instead chose to taunt Maelor with his mother's decision before chopping off Jaehaerys' head.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 17 June 2024
Just don't chop off any hands, OK? Where to buy it: online at Ultrasabers.com.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2024
Like so many of its forebears in this space, Shōgun is a violent story about political intrigue in which women quietly influence and enact their own aims while ambitious men stand around outside chopping off heads.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
The sanctions were portrayed as a multi-headed serpent (the Hydra), with Putin having chopped off the head belonging to the United States.
—Valerie Sperling, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2015
Zendaya isn't the only star who craved a change recently: Gigi Hadid and Elle Fanning just chopped off their signature lengths and Zoey Deutch opted for a total transformation into a blonde pixie.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024
In the clip, Taylor watched a hairdresser chop off her two long ponytails.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
Which also begs the question: Why does the Hatbox Ghost still have an intact skull on his shoulders in the afterlife if his was chopped off and lost?
—Joey Nolfi and Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 July 2023
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 June 2024
But in a final act of sadism, Blood and Cheese instead chose to taunt Maelor with his mother's decision before chopping off Jaehaerys' head.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 17 June 2024
Just don't chop off any hands, OK? Where to buy it: online at Ultrasabers.com.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2024
Like so many of its forebears in this space, Shōgun is a violent story about political intrigue in which women quietly influence and enact their own aims while ambitious men stand around outside chopping off heads.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
The sanctions were portrayed as a multi-headed serpent (the Hydra), with Putin having chopped off the head belonging to the United States.
—Valerie Sperling, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2015
Zendaya isn't the only star who craved a change recently: Gigi Hadid and Elle Fanning just chopped off their signature lengths and Zoey Deutch opted for a total transformation into a blonde pixie.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024
In the clip, Taylor watched a hairdresser chop off her two long ponytails.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
Which also begs the question: Why does the Hatbox Ghost still have an intact skull on his shoulders in the afterlife if his was chopped off and lost?
—Joey Nolfi and Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 July 2023
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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