pinch off

English

Verb

pinch off (third-person singular simple present pinches off, present participle pinching off, simple past and past participle pinched off)

1. To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
   • 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 18:

     Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.

Translations

To separate (something) from something else

• Dutch: afknijpen (nl)
• German: abklemmen (de), abschnüren (de)
• Maori: kinikini, kikini, kini
• Turkish: çimdik atmak, çimdiklemek (tr)