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splitting off

splitting off is the present participle and gerund of split off.

Meaning of split off

Verb

split off (third-person singular simple present splits off, present participle splitting off, simple past and past participle split off)

  1. To break away from a group or mass.
    Synonyms:
    offsplit

Questions about splitting off

What is splitting off the present participle and gerund of?
Splitting off is the present participle and gerund of split off.

Words near splitting off in the dictionary

  1. splitting
  2. splitting a gut
  3. splitting field
  4. splitting fields
  5. splitting hairs
  6. splitting off
  7. splitting on a rock
  8. splitting one's sides
  9. splitting the baby
  10. splitting the blanket
  11. splitting the breeze

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Adapted from Wiktionary: splitting off (page history and authors); split off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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