hack off

hack off

1. To cut something off, often with clumsy strokes or stabs. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "off." That's it—I'm going out and hacking off the part of the bush that's blocking the driveway!
2. To irritate or annoy someone. Primarily heard in the UK. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "off." He keeps undermining me to the boss, and it's really hacking me off.
See also: hack, off

hacked off

slang Irritated or annoyed. I'm really hacked off about his constant attempts to undermine me to the boss.
See also: hack, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hack something off

to chop something off. I need to get up that tree and hack that big branch off before it bangs on the house. Please hack off that big branch.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hack off

v.
1. To cut something off, usually with rough or heavy blows: The gardener hacked off the branch with a machete. We hacked the old shingles off the side of the house.
2. Chiefly British To annoy someone: That attitude really hacks me off. The drunken celebrity really hacked off the entertainment reporter.
See also: hack, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

hacked (off)

mod. angry; annoyed. Willy was really hacked off about the accident.
See also: hack, off
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • check off
  • bite off
  • blow off
  • blow someone/something off
  • blow off the map
  • brass off
  • brass someone off
  • brassed off
  • cheese off
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