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Free sign upThe phrase "able to hack off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone has the capability to cut or remove something, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "He was able to hack off the excess material from the project to make it fit perfectly."
Alternatives: "capable of cutting off" or "able to sever".
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Even Rick was able to hack off her dad's leg with a little hatchet.
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To derive any pleasure from the film, though, you probably need to be able to listen to Williams's hit Lovesick Blues without wanting to hack off your own ears.
The vandals managed to hack off a small 10p-sized piece from the sarsen stone.
He used a small hatchet to hack off a section of bark from one tree.
Because if you're a researcher who's managed to hack something that you really shouldn't be able to hack, Defcon is the place to show it off.
If you can't hack that, then you won't be able to hack SXSW.
Parents worry that their children won't be able to hack it, because they don't think they'd be able to hack it themselves.
We were even able to hack into the police's systems.
They worry about people being able to "hack in through the ether," he says.
Maybe that means we [humans] soon won't be able to hack it either".
If they grow in the Ukraine, they'll probably be able to hack it here".
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