shave off

phrasal verbPart ofshave

shave off — phrasal verb

1. to remove hair completely from a part of the body by cutting it with a razor; al

1.phrasal verb
Definition

to remove hair completely from a part of the body by cutting it with a razor; also used metaphorically to mean reducing a small amount of something such as time, distance, or cost

Example

Amira decided to shave off the long hair she had been growing for three years.

Taking the expressway shaved ten minutes off Jenna's morning commute to work.