cut off
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~ cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
cut off
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~ remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
count off
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~ call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function
cool off
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~ become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
cool off
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~ feel less enamoured of something or somebody
cross off
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~ remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
cool off
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~ lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
cream off
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~ remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
cordon off
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~ divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"
choke off
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~ suppress; "He choked down his rage"
choke off
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~ become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
chop off
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~ remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
chip off
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~ break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
check off
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~ put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
carry off
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~ kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
cast off
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~ make the last row of stitches when knitting
carry off
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~ be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
cart off
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~ take away by means of a vehicle; "They carted off the old furniture"
carry off
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~ remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"