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Meanings of pried off in English

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Usage of pried off in English
1
I carried it outside the shed and pried off the lid.
The Name of the Wind
2
I used the bar and pried off the entire top panel.
Shadow men
3
Cody very obligingly sat on the floor and pried off his left sneaker.
Dexter in the Dark
4
Ross pried off the lid and grumbled that he'd wanted cream and sugar.
The next to die
5
He had pried off the lid and inside was a blackish, viscous mass.
The Dream Doctor
6
The third yielded easily, and he immediately pried off its top.
The Belgians to the Front
7
I pried off the lid, deposited and distributed the fragments so none overlapped.
Speaking in Bones
8
Then, teeth gritted, he pried off the circular cap of bone.
Gravity
9
At the counter, Jack pried off the Corona tops with a bottle opener.
Come out tonight
10
By deft work with a screwdriver he pried off the nameplate & pocketed it.
The new yorker
11
Gotta do it, he said, then pried off the facing.
Storm Front
12
Using his own, much larger knife, Xavier pried off the plate and reached inside.
Once bitten, twice dead
13
Hannah stepped inside the apartment and pried off her shoes.
Watch them die
14
With this she pried off a board from a window, then another and another.
The Blue Envelope
15
I pried off two more: his foot came free.
The Einstein Intersection
16
Then he pried off the door of the interior compartment which had been jimmied open.
The Silent Bullet
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common