To break off

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	To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig.
	To stop suddenly; to abandon.

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abruption aposiopesis bog down break break off break short breaking off breakoff breakoff position chip chip at chip off cut off discontinue dismast exfoliate flake flake off fleck			Then he felt inclined to quench a little thirst, and to break off for himself a cluster of grapes. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context Pollyanna, it is true, tried to talk; but she did not make a success of it, chiefly because four times she was obliged to break off a "glad" in the middle of it, much to her blushing discomfort. Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context They made your sympathies go with the hero, who deliberately puts his wife to death for the lie she told to break off his marriage with the woman he had loved, and who then marries this tender and gentle girl, and lives in great happiness with her till her death. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context			To brace to To brace up To brace up sharp To branch off To branch out To break To break a code To break a deer To break a house To break a jest To break a lance To break a path To break away To break bulk To break cover To break down To break fast To break gates To break ground To break in To break jail To break joints To break loose To break no squares To break of To break off To break one's fast To break open To break out To break out a cargo To break sheer To break squares To break the back To break the heart To break the heart of To break the ice To break the neck To break the neck of To break through To break up To break upon a wheel To break wind To breast up a hedge To breathe a vein To breathe again To breathe one's last To breed in and in To breeze up To brick up To brim over To bring a sail to			To brace up To brace up sharp To branch off To branch out To break To break a code To break a deer To break a house To break a jest To break a lance To break a path To break away To break bulk To break cover To break down To break fast To break gates To break ground To break in To break jail To break joints To break loose To break no squares To break of To break off To break one's fast To break open To break out To break out a cargo To break sheer To break squares To break the back To break the heart To break the heart of To break the ice To break the neck To break the neck of To break through To break up To break upon a wheel To break wind To breast up a hedge To breathe a vein To breathe again To breathe one's last To breed in and in To breeze up To brick up To brim over

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