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1. phrasal verbIf part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact. [VERB PARTICLE] Grace broke off a large piece of the clay. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verbIf you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence. [VERB PARTICLE] He broke off the summit meeting before it had got properly started. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verbIf someone breaks off a relationship, they end it. The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He doesn't seem to have the courage to break it off with her. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] More Synonyms of break off See full dictionary entry for breakbreak off in British Englishverb1. to sever or detach or be severed or detached it broke off in my hands he broke a piece off the bar of chocolate 2. (adverb) to end (a relationship, association, etc) or (of a relationship, etc) to be ended 3. (intr, adverb) to stop abruptly; halt she broke off in the middle of her speech noun breakoff4. the act or an instance of breaking off or stopping break off in American English 1. to stop abruptly, as in talking 2. to stop being friendly or intimate See full dictionary entry for break Examples of 'break off' in a sentencebreak off Chinese translation of 'break off' vi - [branch]
折断(斷) (zhéduàn) - [speaker]
突然打住 (tūrán dǎzhù)
vt - [branch, piece of chocolate]
折断(斷) (zhéduàn) - [talks]
突然终(終)止 (tūrán zhōngzhǐ) - [engagement, relationship]
断(斷)绝(絕) (duànjué) to break it off with sb 同某人分手 (tóng mǒurén fēnshǒu)
See break - break down
- break in
- break into
- break off
- break open
- break out
- break through
All related terms of 'break off'He broke off in mid-sentence. Synonyms stop talking pause hem and haw or hum and haw Additional synonymsDefinition to speak nervously and without confidence Her voice faltered and she had to stop a moment to control it. Synonyms stutter, pause, stumble, hesitate, stammer, speak haltingly Definition to say or do awkwardly I fumbled around like an idiot. Synonyms stumble, struggle, blunder, flounder, bumbleDefinition to trip and almost fall while walking or running The smoke was so thick that I stumbled on the first step. Synonyms trip, fall, slip, reel, stagger, falter, flounder, lurch, come a cropper (informal), lose your balance, blunder about - break free of something or someone
- break in
- break into something
- break off
- break out
- break someone in
- break something down
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