Chop Off (Verb)
Meaning
Remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The doctor had to chop off the patient's infected toe to prevent the infection from spreading.
- A strong gust of wind will chop off the branches of the weak trees.
- If the water damage is extensive, the workers will have to chop off part of the drywall to replace the affected areas.
- In some cultures, it is believed that if a person has an infected limb, the only way to cure it is to chop off the affected part.
- The firefighters had to chop off a section of the tree trunk to put out the wildfire that was spreading quickly.