break off

verb

1. 1

   prevent completion

   stop the project

   break off the negotiations

2. 2

   interrupt before its natural or planned end

   We had to cut short our vacation

3. 3

   break a small piece off from

   chip the glass

   chip a tooth

4. 4

   break off (a piece from a whole)

   Her tooth chipped

5. 5

   break a piece from a whole

   break a branch from a tree