(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
~ off
1.
If you ~ something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke.
Somebody ~ped the heads off our tulips.
...men with axes, ~ping off branches...
His ponytail had been ~ped off.
= chop
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron)
2.
If you ~ an amount of money or time off something such as a budget or a schedule, you reduce the budget or schedule by that amount. (INFORMAL)
The Air France plane ~ped over four hours off the previous best time...
More than 100 million pounds will be ~ped off the prison building programme.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P n, V n P n, also V P n (not pron), V n P