chop
Example Sentences
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Go to the Marché des Enfants Rouges in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris for fresh oysters and a cheese plate, or to the Marché des Carmes in Toulouse for some lamb chops and fried scallops.
From Barron's
Less successful was Morgan’s early call to replace a chicken-and-rib combo with a photo of a double pork chop to a prominent position on the menu flap.
She shook her head, then went to the table to chop a pile of nettles.
From Literature
“You’re late, and your mother has been waiting. Now wash up and hustle into the dining room. Chop chop.”
From Literature
“Suddenly everyone took action and many coal plants were on the chopping block or getting retired,” McMahon said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
