āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
break off
/bÉšËeÉĒk ËÉf/
to break off
[phrase form: break]
01
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to use force to separate one thing from another
Transitive: to break off sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mechanic broke off the rusty bolt with a wrench.
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to become separated from a larger entity
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cookie broke off into smaller pieces when dropped.
āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
03
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to suddenly stop an activity or an action
Transitive: to break off an activity or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete had to break off the race due to an unexpected injury.
āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϰā§āϏ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to stop speaking or end a conversation suddenly
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He broke off mid-sentence when he realized he had forgotten a crucial point.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to end a romantic or personal relationship suddenly
Transitive: to break off a relationship
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He broke off the friendship after a series of betrayals.
āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻžāϤāĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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