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snip off

v. sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip]

Usage examples of "snip off".

Then when Peter and Jack have crossed, the Baron can snip off the beard close to his chin and cross himself in safety.

Then he could snip off a bit of his flesh and place it immediately into the chamber.

A cold wind blew in from the dark side of the sky, rattling the bushes and making Sulu shiver, but he figured he could snip off a couple of samples from the various species he encountered nearby and beam back to the ship before the storm hit.

A coup to thrust that little snip off the throne and put our man on!

I snip off a length of wire and it springs away from the huge roll.

When they snip off your finger with the wedding ring on it, will you still be saying things like that don't happen anymore?

Branson, being left-handed, had been trying awkwardly to snip off a hangnail on the middle finger of his left hand.

If he wanted the papers badly enough to snip off a loose end named Doug Lord, they must be worth something.