slice off
phrasal verb
sliced off; slicing off; slices off
: to remove (something) by cutting : to cut off (something) with a sharp object (such as a knife)
Slice off the excess fat after you cook the steak.
—often used figurativelyThe salesperson sliced 10 percent off the cost of the car.
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But universities are not starfish, flopping about helplessly on a beach while a cruel child slices off their arms one by one.
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Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Then a laser slices off one 1-mm thick die after another from the wafer, with the lateral dimensions of each die approximating the dimensions of the final battery.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
This structure is so common that even if a financing starts out as a single mortgage loan, the documents sometimes allow the lender to slice off a mezzanine loan later.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Senate Bill 1 would slice off $31 million in property tax funding from the Crown Point Community School Corp. from 2026-28, according to a fiscal analysis by the state’s Legislative Services Agency.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Then a laser slices off one 1-mm thick die after another from the wafer, with the lateral dimensions of each die approximating the dimensions of the final battery.
—Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
This structure is so common that even if a financing starts out as a single mortgage loan, the documents sometimes allow the lender to slice off a mezzanine loan later.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Senate Bill 1 would slice off $31 million in property tax funding from the Crown Point Community School Corp. from 2026-28, according to a fiscal analysis by the state’s Legislative Services Agency.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slice off
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“Slice off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slice%20off. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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