chop off
chop off · chops off · chopped off · chopping off
To sever by chopping or as if by choppingTo sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
» Tom had his head chopped off.
Тому отрубили голову.
Тому відрубали голову.
Meaning
2 senses(literally, transitive)To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
They will chop off your head.
We'll chop off sales from the marketing department.
(slang, transitive)To end (something); to finish (something).
When she found out what happened, she chopped off the engagement.
More definitions
- remove by or as if by cutting
Examples
24 sentencesTom had his head chopped off.
Тому відрубали голову.
ruТому отрубили голову.
Tom chopped off the chicken's head.
ruТом отрубил цыплёнку голову.
Tom is chopping heads off fish.
I chopped off the chicken's head.
You chopped off the chicken's head.
Forms
chops off, chopping off, chopped off, chopped off| Base form | chop off · to chop off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chops off |
| Present participle | chopping off |
| Past simple | chopped off |
| Past participle | chopped off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb