Sentence examples for claw it off from inspiring English sources
The Belgian came close to doubling Boro's lead, latching on to a knock-down in the box and stabbing a shot goalwards but Brentford goalkeeper David Button managed to claw it off the line.
But the pigeons of Grand Army Plaza — among the shrewdest, toughest birds in America — have made repeated mockery of the protective layer, degrading it with their acidic droppings and clawing it off while settling in on the sculptural perch.
And when the crab's right claw is badly injured by the attack, the brave little fellow pauses briefly on the sand and uses his other claw to chop it off.
We had an opportunity to claw it back or finish it off.
Hold claw, pull down on small pincer and pull it off.
Arsenal clawed it back last year.
Remove the piece of cartilage inside each claw, pick off the meat and discard the cartilage.
The enlarged second toe bore an unusually large, curved sickle-shaped claw (held off the ground or 'retracted' when walking), which is thought to have been used in capturing prey and climbing trees (see "Claw function" below).
You feverishly wipe the Lobster Claw flakes off your wrinkle-free, TJ Maxx dress shirt whose buttons are holding on for dear life, so the 12 people you told about your diet don't suspect a thing.
The animal has developed a special technique to do so: if the coconut is still covered with husk, it will use its claws to rip off strips, always starting from the side with the three germination pores, the group of three small circles found on the outside of the coconut.
