break(something)off
phrasal verbwithbreakverbuk/breɪk/us/breɪk/broke|broken
(SEPARATE)
toseparateapartfrom alargerpiece, or tobecomeseparate:
Hebrokeoff apieceofchocolate.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- breakage
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- in piecesidiom
- rip
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
- torn
(RELATIONSHIP)
B2
to end arelationship:
They'vebrokenofftheirengagement.
Thegovernmentshavebrokenoffdiplomaticrelations.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- laysomeoneto restidiom
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue
(STOP SPEAKING)
B2
tosuddenlystopspeakingor doing something:
Shebrokeoff in themiddleof asentence.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- laysomeoneto restidiom
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue
(POOL/SNOOKER)
tohitthewhiteballat thebeginningof agame:
It'syourturntobreakoff.
Hebrokeoff andimmediatelyput hisopponentin anawkwardposition.
Snooker, pool & billiards
- baize
- billiard
- billiard ball
- break
- cannon
- carom
- cue
- cue ball
- frame
- miscue
- pool
- pot
- rack
- re-rack
- re-spot
- snooker
- snooker ball
- triangle