How to Use chop off in a Sentence

chop off

phrasal verb
Definition of chop offnext
  • One of them then struggles to chop off his head with a hoe.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Gawain chops off the head of the Green Knight, who then picks up his head; says, See you in a year; and rides away.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Just don't chop off any hands, OK? Where to buy it: online at Ultrasabers.com.
    — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2024
  • Step 5Slice 2 chops off lamb and serve with half each of salad and dressing.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
  • And just like that… Sarita Choudhury has chopped off her hair!
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The romaine lettuce had to be left whole, except the floppy ends, which would need to be chopped off.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In the clip, Taylor watched a hairdresser chop off her two long ponytails.
    — Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Piglets have their teeth clipped and tails chopped off, and the males’ testicles are cut out, all without pain relief.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Yet Eilish cannot kill it by shooting it or chopping off its head.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The roof has been chopped off at the B-pillar, basically turning the EV into a squat truck.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Somerset tries to chop off George’s hand for fighting in front of the king (yeah, okay, sure), but James intervenes.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Emma Stone chopped off her long, raven waves—showing off her new ‘do while walking the carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes.
    — Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Children who would arrive at schools, their clothes taken off, their hair that they were told was sacred, chopped off.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Art chases her downstairs and takes the axe to her back, chops off her arm, and splits open her abdomen, which really gets the blood flowing.
    — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Players ran around as the Headless Horseman, chopping off heads.
    — Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Did these family members cry or protest when their relatives chopped off the hands and heads of some of their victims?
    — Randy Ertll, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Which also begs the question: Why does the Hatbox Ghost still have an intact skull on his shoulders in the afterlife if his was chopped off and lost?
    — Joey Nolfi and Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 July 2023
  • Walking in the forest, Doyle and Severson called Missy promiscuous, per the filing, and Doyle grabbed her by the hair and chopped off part of it.
    — Emily Palmer, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The Grace and Frankie actress changed up her look on Thursday, chopping off a significant amount of inches on her blonde locks.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Elsewhere, office staples like ballet flats and penny loafers have had their backs chopped off to great results.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 June 2024
  • The sanctions were portrayed as a multi-headed serpent (the Hydra), with Putin having chopped off the head belonging to the United States.
    — Valerie Sperling, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2015
  • Faith Pinho: Paulina had chopped off her hair after leaving.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
  • Her natural beauty is not limited to her face, chopping off her hair to put a hard stop to her weave fixation.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2024
  • But in a final act of sadism, Blood and Cheese instead chose to taunt Maelor with his mother's decision before chopping off Jaehaerys' head.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 17 June 2024
  • Hatred is chopping off your toe and wondering why the other person isn’t limping.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In a shocking turn of events, the Don't Worry Darling star chopped off her signature blonde tresses to debut a brunette buzzcut for the feathers to rest upon.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 2 May 2023
  • According to accounts shared with The Washington Post, little girls and boys have melted their Barbies on the stove, run them over with bikes, chopped off their limbs and buried them in shallow graves in the woods.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Limbs and digits are chopped off everywhere, blood flows like rivers and countless heads are severed in the heat of battles sometimes taking place in both bright sunshine and pelting rain.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Henderson basically chopped off the back half of the Wrangler's cab, removing the rear seats and cargo area but leaving the ladder frame beneath.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 16 June 2023

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