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
Lady Isobel held the jacket over the hole, and Thomas Jefferson Brown put a strength into his paddle that threatened to crack off the handle.
From Thomas Jefferson Brown by Curwood, James Oliver
To cut off a piece in hot weather, strike it a quick hard blow in the same place once or twice, and a piece will crack off.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.
