Break off
Break off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch
Both terms in one sentence
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When they check his grave his corpse comes to life and jumps after before its rotted legs break off and he starts bouncing with a suspension spring that had wedged into his midsection.
Source: Scary Jack-in-the-Box
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