hack off
phrasal verb
hacked off; hacking off; hacks off
1
: to cut (something) off in a rough and violent way
She used an ax to hack the dead branch off (the tree).
2
informal
: to make (someone) angry and annoyed
It really hacks me off to see people treated so unfairly.
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Everyone would line up, hack off some giraffe meat with a machete, and bring it back to their home.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Ten of my relatives are standing on asphalt, surrounding the trunk, and one of them is hacking off its limbs.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Ten of my relatives are standing on asphalt, surrounding the trunk, and one of them is hacking off its limbs.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Hack off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hack%20off. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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