off the bone
idiom
: (with the meat) removed from the bone or bones
The pork is served off the bone.
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The store's standard ham meal for two costs $35 and includes one pound of ham off the bone, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, roasted vegetables, four dinner rolls and one fourth of a Sendik's apple pie.
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Slice meat off the bone and serve.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
The star winger, who carries a $9.5 million cap hit, played through a pair of major injuries — an adductor muscle that tore off the bone and a sports hernia — in the postseason.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Slice meat off the bone and serve.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
The star winger, who carries a $9.5 million cap hit, played through a pair of major injuries — an adductor muscle that tore off the bone and a sports hernia — in the postseason.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
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“Off the bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20bone. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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