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lop off

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lop something off (of) something

 and lop something off

to chop or cut something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Lop that long branch off the tree before you put the saw away, will you? Please lop off that branch.

See also: off

lop off

v.

To cut something off; chop off: The barber lopped my ponytail off. The gardener lopped off the dead branches.

See also: off