break off (English, verb)
expansion: break off (third-person singular simple present breaks off, present participle breaking off, simple past broke off, past participle broken off)
Senses:
glosses: To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
tags: transitive
glosses: To become detached by breaking or snapping.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To discontinue abruptly.
tags: transitive
glosses: To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
tags: intransitive
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.
tags: ambitransitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: breaks off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking off
tags: participle
present
form: broke off
tags: past
form: broken off
tags: participle
past