break it off

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disconnect v.
separate v.

VERB

disconnect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cut off detach disengage sever

STRONG

abstract disassociate disjoin dissever dissociate disunite divide part separate sideline

WEAK

break it up drop it unfix

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attach combine connect join unite

WEAK

couple hitch hook link plug into

VERB

separate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up divorce estrange leave part company split

STRONG

bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple

WEAK

break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up take leave unlink untie the knot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

marry

STRONG

come connect engage join link

WEAK

combine unite

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break it off

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

Do I have to be the bad guy and break it off before we get more serious?

From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2018

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

I run back from the edge to a dead tree, throw myself against it and break it off and drag it back to the cliffwall.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

break it off

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