hack off
Example Sentences
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Then the demon actually appears and convinces Sumi to hack off a chunk of the leg and serve it to her dad in a Sweeney Todd-style curry.
From New York Times
“It doesn’t bother him to go deep into counts — he’s gonna get that same A hack off,” Maddon said.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s gonna get that same A hack off, and he’s going to normally lay off the bad pitches and swing at the good ones, and that’s what he did tonight.”
From Los Angeles Times
The brutality came from within and it’s hard to hack off part of an infected limb or cut out a cancer without causing even more damage to the whole.
From Washington Post
To make VFAs and thioalcohols, bacteria use special enzymes that hack off the stinky parts of sweat molecules, which evaporate from the skin to create the nose-wrinkling funk that is BO.
From Salon
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