break off
break
breÉĒk
breik
off
ɔf
awf
/bɚˈeÉĒk ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "break off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to break off
[phrase form: break]
01

āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use force to separate one thing from another
Transitive: to break off sth
to break off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mechanic broke off the rusty bolt with a wrench.
āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻžā§āϚ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāϰāĻŋāϚāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āϟ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
02

āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become separated from a larger entity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cookie broke off into smaller pieces when dropped.
āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
03

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to suddenly stop an activity or an action
Transitive: to break off an activity or action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete had to break off the race due to an unexpected injury.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāϟāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϰ⧇āϏ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to stop speaking or end a conversation suddenly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He broke off mid-sentence when he realized he had forgotten a crucial point.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end a romantic or personal relationship suddenly
Transitive: to break off a relationship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He broke off the friendship after a series of betrayals.
āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ