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SNAP OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snap off mean?
• SNAP OFF (verb)
The verb SNAP OFF has 1 sense:
1. break a piece from a whole
Familiarity information: SNAP OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Break a piece from a whole
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
break a branch from a tree
Hypernyms (to "snap off" is one way to...):
detach (cause to become detached or separated; take off)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
About five o'clock it was blue enough outside to snap off the light.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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