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.

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The romaine lettuce had to be left whole, except the floppy ends, which would need to be chopped off. —

Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle. —

Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024 The 30-year-old hasn’t directly spoken about coming out, but has posted several photos showing off their new look, recently chopping off their previously shoulder length hair into a pixie cut. —

Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024 Art chases her downstairs and takes the axe to her back, chops off her arm, and splits open her abdomen, which really gets the blood flowing. —

Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chop off