break off

English

verb

Definitions

To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
(billiards) (alternative form of) break-off

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English breke of (break off, terminate), ofbreken affix from English break (break, game won against the server) + English off (first element of noun).

Origin

English

off

Gloss

first element of noun

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

auto-off English
backoff English
beambreak English
bebreak English
bio-break English
blastoff English
boiloff English
brake pedal English
break English
break loose English
break-bones English
break-promise English
break-vow English
breakability English
breakable English
breakage English
breakaway English
breakbeat English
breakbone English
breakcore English
breakdance English
breakdancing English
breaker English
breaker bar English
breakest English
breaketh English
breakface English
breakfast English
breakfront English
breakle English
breakless English
breakly English
breakneck English
breakoff English
breakopen English
breakpoint English
breakproof English
breakstone English
breakthrough English
breakthru English
breaktime English
breakup English
breakwater English
breakwind English
breaky English
brickle English
brokeback English
bumpoff English
burnoff English
castoff English
crossbreak English
cutoff English
face-off English
faceoff English
firebreak English
forbreak English
heartbreak English
holdoff English
housebreak English
inbreak English
jailbreak English
jumpoff English
kill off English
knockoff English
liftoff English
lookoff English
lunchbreak English
microbreak English
midterm break English
mini-break English
minibreak English
nanobreak English
newsbreak English
nightbreak English
off English
offboard English
offglide English
offing English
offish English
offlist English
offprint English
offput English
offramp English
offscreen English
offski English
offspringing English
offstage English
offsuit English
offy English
one-off English
outbreak English
overbreak English
pay-off English
pickoff English
prebreak English
print-off English
printoff English
rebreak English
runoff English
sendoff English
shelfbreak English
shove off English
showoff English
signoff English
stonebreak English
strikebreak English
sunbreak English
tiebreak English
tobreak English
turnoff English
un-break English
unbreak English
unbreakable English
underbreak English
upbreak English
waterbreak English
waveoff English
windbreak English
word break English
breikata Finnish
break Italian
break French
off Spanish, Castilian
*bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
ブレイク Japanese
breke of Middle English
breken Middle English
of Middle English
ofbreken Middle English
bruk Tok Pisin
brukim Tok Pisin
بريك Gulf Arabic
bruck Jamaican Creole