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 week prior, Amal debuted a new fall hairstyle, chopping off 8 inches to ring in the season.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Watching that wrecking ball take down the East Wing last month was like chopping off my left arm.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025
The passage of Proposition 50 means each will see their current House districts redrawn to various degrees, adding in blue precincts and chopping off reliably GOP-voting precincts.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Juniper had chopped off her golden-blonde locks—once past her shoulders—into a short bob at the front with uneven chunks missing from her fringe.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Watching that wrecking ball take down the East Wing last month was like chopping off my left arm.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025
The passage of Proposition 50 means each will see their current House districts redrawn to various degrees, adding in blue precincts and chopping off reliably GOP-voting precincts.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Juniper had chopped off her golden-blonde locks—once past her shoulders—into a short bob at the front with uneven chunks missing from her fringe.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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