hack off

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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“Hack off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hack%20off. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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