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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 Apr. 26, 2022

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 Nov. 9, 2021

I think it is culturally telling that we habitually hack off the end of the long version: “A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

From Slate Apr. 27, 2021

“Now it’s just a tropical disaster area,” said Joe Hoyt after he used a machete to hack off the top of a fallen coconut palm.

From Washington Times Aug. 24, 2017

We constantly had to break and hack off branches, trying to win back our ground.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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