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snip off ThesaurusVerb | 1. | snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"clip, nip off, snip, nipcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
snip off
snip offTo sever something (from something else) with a quick, clean cut. A noun or pronoun can be used between "snip" and "off." I was so glad when Charlie finally snipped off that disgusting rat-tail. Didn't he realize how repellant it looked? The man snuck into his neighbor's garden at night and snipped all the rosebuds off the bushes.See also: off, snipsnip something off (of) something and snip something offto cut something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) she snipped a dead blossom off the rosebush. Jane snipped off a bud.See also: off, snipsnip off
Synonyms for snip offverb sever or remove by pinching or snippingSynonymsRelated Words |