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 time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Casimir said the plates would act as a kind of guillotine for the electromagnetic field, chopping off long-wavelength oscillations in a way that would skew the zero-point energy.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2026
Collectors chuckle at the lack of an ‘h’ in the Pittsburg across his chest, but Pittsburgh city officials had chopped off the ‘h,’ replacing it a few years later.
—Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
The Biebers' newest holiday photo may not show it, but Hailey also chopped off her hair just days before Christmas.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Casimir said the plates would act as a kind of guillotine for the electromagnetic field, chopping off long-wavelength oscillations in a way that would skew the zero-point energy.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2026
Collectors chuckle at the lack of an ‘h’ in the Pittsburg across his chest, but Pittsburgh city officials had chopped off the ‘h,’ replacing it a few years later.
—Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
The Biebers' newest holiday photo may not show it, but Hailey also chopped off her hair just days before Christmas.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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