verb
remove by or as if by cutting
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cut off the ear
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lop off the dead branch
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something PP
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ˌchop ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they chop off he/she/it chops off present participle chopping off past tense chopped off past participle chopped off] phrasal verb
to remove something by cutting, especially a part of someone’s body
Thesaurus: remove by cuttinghyponym
Main entry: chop
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chop off [phrasal verb]
She'd had her ponytail chopped off.
He used his knife to chop off a hunk of bread.
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Main Entry: ↑chop
Useful english dictionary. 2012.