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

The numpad and arrow keys are chopped off, and you're left with the essentials. —Henri Robbins, Wired News, 23 Aug. 2025

Iran sensed that the United States was trying to hack off the tentacles of the octopus—before chopping off its head in Tehran. —Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Of course, at the time fans did not respond well to this stylistic change, nor was there any additional praise when Metallica decided to chop off their luscious locks – Metallica cutting off their hair was considered the nail in the coffin for many longtime fans. —Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

There was a shockingly significant downward revision in payroll jobs over the previous months, chopping off 285,000 jobs from what was previously reported. —Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for chop off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff