break it off
Example Sentences
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So she decided to break it off with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Since the handrail was free at the top and only one bolt remained at the bottom, why not just break it off?
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
But he loves her and is marrying her despite us trying to support him to break it off and move on.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2019
Ms. Dench says, sounding very surprised and recalling how Princess Margaret had to break it off with Peter Townsend after Elizabeth felt she couldn’t let the marriage go forward because Townsend was divorced.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2017
Yes, because the last thing she wanted was to break it off five years down the road, when the two of them would be in so much deeper, it’d be like cutting off a limb.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
