snap off

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Verb

snap off - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"

break off, break

detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

Translations

w>snap off

vt sep (= break off) → abbrechen; (= bite off) → abbeißen; to snap somebody’s head off (fig inf) → jdm ins Gesicht springen (inf)

vi (= break off) → abbrechen

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Bob uses a knife with blades that snap off. Blades are a lot cheaper than wallpaper, so he snaps off a section after every cut.