Break off (a piece from a whole)
Break a small piece off from.
To prevent completion (e.g. of a project, of negotiations, etc.).
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.
1 For example, parts can break off and go flying down the tunnel.
2 I had to break off : the pain was too much for me.
3 Jane: I was just about to break off the thread when you-
4 They slice around the bone a little, then break off the limb.
5 If it makes you break off the engagement, its work is done.
6 He must not break off any earth to splash into the water.
7 He affected immediately to break off all direct correspondence with the emperor.
8 He preferred to break off the negotiation, and again retired from court.
9 I want Olympos. He would break off to cough a heaving cough.
10 I must break off my engagement-whateverit costs and however she suffers.
11 It is best to break off all associations there-hewishes it himself.
12 If he declined to accept, I should break off the whole thing.
13 I must break off here abruptly, for the mail threatens to close.
14 A burst of laughter from a distance made him break off short.
15 Even a rotten old log has to go and break off short-
16 My mind again wanders away to my vengeances, and I break off .
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