slice off
phrasal verb
sliced off; slicing off; slices off
: to remove (something) by cutting : to cut off (something) with a sharp object (such as a knife)
Slice off the excess fat after you cook the steak.
—often used figurativelyThe salesperson sliced 10 percent off the cost of the car.
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Using a vegetable peeler, slice off the tough outer layer of the broccoli stems.
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Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
The math of those slices off the point totals was merciless: Should a big prep draw a field of less than five, a 50-point second place was reduced to a 25-point place showing, which can mean the difference between getting a stall in the Churchill gate and not getting to race.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
For such projects, Van den Heever added to her knife set the kind of skinny, snaky blade used in Spain for carving paper-thin slices off a classic jamón ibérico.
—Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
But universities are not starfish, flopping about helplessly on a beach while a cruel child slices off their arms one by one.
—Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
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Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
The math of those slices off the point totals was merciless: Should a big prep draw a field of less than five, a 50-point second place was reduced to a 25-point place showing, which can mean the difference between getting a stall in the Churchill gate and not getting to race.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
For such projects, Van den Heever added to her knife set the kind of skinny, snaky blade used in Spain for carving paper-thin slices off a classic jamón ibérico.
—Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
But universities are not starfish, flopping about helplessly on a beach while a cruel child slices off their arms one by one.
—Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slice off
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“Slice off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slice%20off. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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