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break it off

VERB

disconnect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cut off detach disengage sever

STRONG

abstract disassociate disjoin dissever dissociate disunite divide part separate sideline

WEAK

break it up drop it unfix

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attach combine connect join unite

WEAK

couple hitch hook link plug into

VERB

separate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up divorce estrange leave part company split

STRONG

bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple

WEAK

break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up take leave unlink untie the knot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

marry

STRONG

come connect engage join link

WEAK

combine unite

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

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

If you decide you want to end this, you can break it off with her gently—”this isn’t working out.”

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2021

Suganthini's family insisted Ted break it off by telling her he didn't love her.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2020

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

break it off

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