off the bone
idiom
: (with the meat) removed from the bone or bones
The pork is served off the bone.
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When the shoulder pops out, known as a dislocation or subluxation, the labrum is usually torn off the bone.
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
Prescott sustained a partial avulsion, meaning the hamstring tendon partially tore off the bone during the Cowboys' Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
There was a shot where Jasmin [Savoy Brown, who plays teenage Taissa] just ends up grabbing Jackie’s face and takes a big chunk out of her cheek, and all of us are grabbing an arm and eating it off the bone.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Prescott’s hamstring was partially torn off the bone, a condition known as a partial avulsion.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
Prescott sustained a partial avulsion, meaning the hamstring tendon partially tore off the bone during the Cowboys' Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
There was a shot where Jasmin [Savoy Brown, who plays teenage Taissa] just ends up grabbing Jackie’s face and takes a big chunk out of her cheek, and all of us are grabbing an arm and eating it off the bone.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Prescott’s hamstring was partially torn off the bone, a condition known as a partial avulsion.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Off the bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20bone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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