break off

Verb

• break a small piece off from
  • chip the glass
    
  • chip a tooth
    

• break a piece from a whole
  • break a branch from a tree
    

• break off (a piece from a whole)
  • Her tooth chipped
    

• prevent completion
  • stop the project
    
  • break off the negotiations
    

• interrupt before its natural or planned end
  • We had to cut short our vacation
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chip , knap , cut off , break , snap off , chip off , come off , break away , discontinue , stop , cut short , break short