Phrasal Verb Fun

break off
Do you like chocolate bars? I do. Could you break a piece off for me?
Why don't you break off a piece for your friend? Now we can share it.
Thank you.
We often use
off
to mean separation. For example,
cut off
.
By extension -
Young Steve was very sad when Sue broke off the engagement. He
thought that he was going to marry her. But she changed her mind.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
break out in
Imagine your body has an infection or some other kind of illness inside.

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Sooner or later it could break
out
of your body
in
unlovely spots or boils.
You have broken out in boils. We also say of the same horror, 'Henry has
just
come out in
horrible boils.'
Compare this to when a disease can
break out
.
Three-word verb
No problem.