chip badly
Frequency: 7.07.3 per million words
To break a small piece off something, causing significant damage.
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- She fell and chipped her tooth badly.
- The movers dropped the antique vase, and it chipped badly on the corner.
- Be careful with that crystal glass; it will chip badly if you hit it.
- This type of cheap dinnerware tends to chip badly after just a few uses.
- My favorite mug chipped so badly that I had to throw it away.
- Did you see how badly the paint chipped off the car door?
- He's upset because the new countertop has already chipped badly.
- The sculptor was devastated to find his marble statue had chipped badly during transport.
- The corner of the tile was chipped badly, probably from something heavy being dropped on it.
- While he was trying to fix it, the stone started to chip badly under the pressure of the tool.