crack off
Example Sentences
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Such fractures can contribute to calving events, in which large blocks crack off a shelf.
From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2022
“The temperature would be 40 below, and you’d have these guys out on the range, having to crack off the ice from their guns to see the target,” Mr. Pearson said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2014
First crack off the bat, the question came about Edgar's opinions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lumps might crack off, and then—he did not dare to think further than that.
From To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Stratemeyer, Edward
It is better—he told the boys—to paint the inside, if possible, after the tube is made, because the rolling and pounding in shaping and soldering the tube are likely to make the paint crack off.
From Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
