break it off
Example Sentences
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Since the handrail was free at the top and only one bolt remained at the bottom, why not just break it off?
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023
Ansreen tried to break it off, and Saqib was upset.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023
The first time I tried to break it off with Anna, I couldn’t work up the nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022
But he loves her and is marrying her despite us trying to support him to break it off and move on.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2019
Yes, because the last thing she wanted was to break it off five years down the road, when the two of them would be in so much deeper, it’d be like cutting off a limb.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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