nip off

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nip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"

clip, snip, snip off, nip

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

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w>nip off

vi (Brit inf) → davonsausen (inf)

vt sep twig → abknicken; (with clippers etc) → abzwicken; he nipped off the end of his finger → er hat sich (dat) → die Fingerspitze gekappt

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