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LOP OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lop off mean?
• LOP OFF (verb)
The verb LOP OFF has 1 sense:
1. remove by or as if by cutting
Familiarity information: LOP OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by or as if by cutting
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
lop off the dead branch
Hypernyms (to "lop off" is one way to...):
come away; come off; detach (come to be detached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lop off"):
abscise (remove or separate by abscission)
roach (cut the mane off (a horse))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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