break off

Verb (5)

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end“We had to cut short our vacation”Synonyms: cut shortbreak shortbreak off
2. prevent completion“stop the project”“break off the negotiations”Synonyms: breakbreak offdiscontinuestop
3. break off (a piece from a whole)“Her tooth chipped”Synonyms: chipchip offcome offbreak awaybreak off
4. break a piece from a whole“break a branch from a tree”Synonyms: breakbreak offsnap off
5. break a small piece off from“chip the glass”“chip a tooth”Synonyms: chipknapcut offbreak off