break off
v. phr.— «You’re not drawn to him at all? Not one little iota of I’d- like-to-break-me-off-a-piece-of-that buzzing around your head or other, more pertinent parts?» —by Lori Bryant-Woolridge Hitts & Mrs. Jan. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What kind of book do people ask for most often in prison? Romance novels? No. The Bible? No. The most requested books by far are … dictionaries! A number of volunteer organizations gather and distribute used dictionaries to help inmates with...
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...