break off
Meaning
- To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- To become detached by breaking or snapping.
- To discontinue abruptly.
- To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
- To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.
- (slang) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
Synonyms
snap off
break apart
chip off
break short
declare on
be torn
amputate
snap in two
declare off
stop abruptly
chop off
nip off
lose confidence in
become extinct
wrench out
become detached
be interrupted
crock up
break off by hand
be broken off
cut asunder
break off relations
pull the plug on
burst in on
break in two
lose confidence
Etymology
From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken, equivalent to break + off.
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