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Lop off   /lɑp ɔf/   Listen
Lop off

verb
1.
Remove by or as if by cutting.  Synonyms: chop off, cut off.  "Lop off the dead branch"






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"Lop off" Quotes from Famous Books



... cut down an evil tree than to climb up and lop off it branches; besides the branches will grow again if the stock is left undisturbed. It is easier to destroy the mother of vipers than it is to chase after, catch and kill her poisonous progeny. The reptiles will not become extinct while the mother is left to breed without restraint. There are a large ...
— Usury - A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View • Calvin Elliott

... take it this way," suggested the scientist. "Lop off just di—and assume that Bud has used that. You have ...
— The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek - or Fighting the Sheep Herders • Willard F. Baker



Words linked to "Lop off" :   come away, abscise, roach, come off, detach



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