break it off

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

Example Sentences

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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

Ansreen tried to break it off, and Saqib was upset.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

The first time I tried to break it off with Anna, I couldn’t work up the nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

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

I don’t know how to tell her not to go with him—to break it off for good so she can be free.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi