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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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.
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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
The Masked Singer judge, 33, spontaneously chopped off several inches of her chest-length strands before co-hosting Today with Hoda and Jenna on Thursday.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Hatred is chopping off your toe and wondering why the other person isn’t limping.
—Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
Yet Eilish cannot kill it by shooting it or chopping off its head.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In the neighboring village, heads were chopped off.
—Ron Leshem, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
According to rights activists, the Russian Defense Ministry has enlisted as many as 100,000 people this year by scouring prison colonies and offering to chop off years from the sentences of people convicted of some of the country’s most gruesome crimes.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
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
The Masked Singer judge, 33, spontaneously chopped off several inches of her chest-length strands before co-hosting Today with Hoda and Jenna on Thursday.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
Hatred is chopping off your toe and wondering why the other person isn’t limping.
—Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
Yet Eilish cannot kill it by shooting it or chopping off its head.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In the neighboring village, heads were chopped off.
—Ron Leshem, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
According to rights activists, the Russian Defense Ministry has enlisted as many as 100,000 people this year by scouring prison colonies and offering to chop off years from the sentences of people convicted of some of the country’s most gruesome crimes.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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