slice off
Example Sentences
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Return the dough to a lightly floured work surface, and use a very sharp knife to slice off the ragged edges on each side.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Morgan Stanley estimates that the hit to income at the disposal of households could lower inflation-adjusted consumer spending by about 10 basis points this year and slice off seven basis points from GDP growth.
From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2023
So you slice off the stem end just below the calyx, the little cap.
From Salon • May 13, 2023
Their abundant cut marks indicated that the resident Neanderthals had used flint tools to slice off meat, and had found the remains before other carnivores such as saber-tooth tigers.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
He decided that if he were a real woodsman, he would slice off a steak and grill it over a wood fire.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
