chop off

• Verbe à particule signifiant couper quelque chose, surtout d'un coup rapide et net, ou trancher une partie du corps ou d'un objet.

A phrasal verb meaning to cut something off, especially with a quick, sharp blow.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Sever or cut offinformal

   To cut something off, especially with a sharp tool like a knife or axe.

   Trancher, couper net

   • He chopped off the dead branches from the tree.
   • The chef chopped off the ends of the carrots.
   • She accidentally chopped off a piece of her finger while cooking.

   Synonymesamputatecleavecut offdetachlop offremovesever

   Antonymesattachconnectjoin

2. Remove abruptlyinformal

   To remove something suddenly or forcefully.

   trancher net

   • The company chopped off several departments during the restructuring.
   • He chopped off his long hair for a new look.
   • The editor chopped off the last paragraph of the article.

   Synonymesamputatecut offlop offsever

   Antonymesaffixattachconnectfastenjoin

Verbe de basechop