lop off

• Verbe à particule signifiant couper quelque chose, surtout une partie de quelque chose, souvent d'un mouvement rapide ou brusque.

A phrasal verb meaning to cut something off, especially a part of something, often in a quick or forceful manner.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Cut offinformal

   To cut something off, usually with a quick, sharp motion.

   trancher d'un coup sec

   • He lopped off the dead branches from the tree.
   • The butcher lopped off a piece of meat for the customer.
   • She lopped off the ends of the rope with a knife.

   Synonymeschop offcut awaysever

   Antonymesaffixappendattachconnectjoinunite

2. informal

   To remove or reduce something, often drastically or abruptly.

   Retrancher

   • The company lopped off several departments to cut costs.
   • The editor lopped off the last chapter of the book.
   • They lopped off a significant portion of the budget.

   Synonymesaxechop offcurtailcutcut offparereduceremoveseverslashtrim

   Antonymesaddincrease

Verbe de baselop