lop off

Other forms: lopped off; lopping off; lops off

Definitions of lop off
  1. verb
    remove by or as if by cutting
    “lop off the dead branch”
    synonyms: chop off, cut off
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    types:
    abscise
    remove or separate by abscission
    roach
    cut the mane off (a horse)
    type of:
    come away, come off, detach
    come to be detached
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