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

Recent Examples on the Web

Ben Stiller and his two boys in red track suits; Luke Wilson onboard a ship; Gwyneth Paltrow in her bathtub (and on a reggae album cover, and getting her finger chopped off); Gene Hackman in the elevator of the Lindbergh Palace Hotel; the Dalmatian mice. —Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024

Finally, the episode ends with Butcher chopping off the leg of Neuman’s daughter’s father, Dr. Sameer Shah, then kidnapping him. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 June 2024

Elsewhere, office staples like ballet flats and penny loafers have had their backs chopped off to great results. —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