break off
v. phr.— «Don’t forget when you hit that million bucks to break me off 5 grand.» —“guaranteed 1 million in blackjack!” by Strikenow Usenet: rec.gambling.blackjack Mar. 21, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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