hack off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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 • Apr. 26, 2022
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 • Nov. 9, 2021
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 • Apr. 27, 2021
“Now it’s just a tropical disaster area,” said Joe Hoyt after he used a machete to hack off the top of a fallen coconut palm.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2017
She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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