hack off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Then you hack off the stem, save that to eat later, and paint it black and white.”
From Literature
“It doesn’t bother him to go deep into counts — he’s gonna get that same A hack off,” Maddon said.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s gonna get that same A hack off, and he’s going to normally lay off the bad pitches and swing at the good ones, and that’s what he did tonight.”
From Los Angeles Times
To make VFAs and thioalcohols, bacteria use special enzymes that hack off the stinky parts of sweat molecules, which evaporate from the skin to create the nose-wrinkling funk that is BO.
From Salon
I think it is culturally telling that we habitually hack off the end of the long version: “A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
From Slate
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