slicesomethingoff
phrasal verbwithsliceverbuk/slaɪs/us/slaɪs/
toremoveanamountof something bycuttingit:
Sheslicedoff apieceofsausage.
Heaccidentallyslicedthetopoff hisfingerwhile he wascuttingvegetables.
figurativeAmitwontherace,slicingthreesecondsoff hispreviousbesttime.
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- abstract
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- clear the decksidiom
- drain
- extract
- gougesomethingout
- letsomeonedown
- over-extraction
- pick
- pluck
- pump
- scoop
- scratch
- unboxing
- undrained
- wipesomethingoffsomething
- yank