off : Idioms & Phrases

• a child who resembles either of his parents. Colloq. Milton.-

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• verb sell at an auction
  auction; auctioneer.
  

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• one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power.

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• verb move backwards from a certain position
  back down; back up.
  
  • The bully had to back down
• verb remove oneself from an obligation
  back down; pull out; bow out; chicken out.
  
  • He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved

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• verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
  bear off; take away; carry away; bear away.
  
  • Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands
  • The car carried us off to the meeting
  • I'll take you away on a holiday
  • I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry

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• verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  bolt out; run out; bolt; beetle off.
  
  • The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
  • When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out

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• verb ask for permission to be released from an engagement
  excuse.
  

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• adjective satellite in a more fortunate or prosperous condition
  
  • she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching
  • is better off than his classmate

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• verb finish the last row
  tie up.
  

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• verb bite off with a quick bite
  snap at.
  
  • The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants

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• verb launch with great force
  
  • the rockets were blasted off

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• verb obstruct access to
  blockade.
  
• verb render unsuitable for passage
  bar; block up; stop; blockade; barricade; block.
  
  • block the way
  • barricade the streets
  • stop the busy road
• verb block off the passage through
  block off; close off.
  
  • We shut off the valve

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• verb come off due to an explosion or other strong force
  

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Blow"-off` noun

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1. A blowing off steam, water, etc.; -- Also, adj. as, a blow-off cock or pipe.
2. An outburst of temper or excitement. Colloq.

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• verb bound off one point after another
  skip.
  

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• verb interrupt before its natural or planned end
  break short; cut short.
  
  • We had to cut short our vacation
• verb prevent completion
  break; stop; discontinue.
  
  • stop the project
  • break off the negotiations
• verb break off (a piece from a whole)
  break away; chip; chip off; break off.
  
  • Her tooth chipped
• verb break a piece from a whole
  break; break off.
  
  • break a branch from a tree
• verb break a small piece off from
  knap; chip; break off.
  
  • chip the glass
  • chip a tooth

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• noun an instance of sudden interruption
  abruption.
  

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• verb be successful; achieve a goal
  manage; negociate; bring off; carry off.
  
  • She succeeded in persuading us all
  • I managed to carry the box upstairs
  • She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
  • The pianist negociated the difficult runs

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• adjective satellite greatly annoyed; out of patience
  browned off; exasperated.
  
  • had an exasperated look on his face
  • felt exasperated beyond endurance

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• verb bar from attention or consideration
  dismiss; brush aside; ignore; discount; push aside; disregard.
  
  • She dismissed his advances

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• noun a curt or disdainful rejection
  

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• verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  bugger off; get; buzz off; scram.
  
  • Scram!

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• verb start a game by a face-off
  bully off.
  

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• verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
  murder; off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off.
  
  • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered

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• verb send off unceremoniously
  

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• verb play truant from work or school
  play hooky.
  
  • The boy often plays hooky

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• verb use up (energy)
  burn; burn up.
  
  • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
• verb clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
  

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• verb pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
  buy off.
  

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• verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  bugger off; get; buzz off; scram.
  
  • Scram!

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• verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
  cancel; scratch; scrub.
  
  • Call off the engagement
  • cancel the dinner party
  • we had to scrub our vacation plans
  • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
• verb give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
  call.
  

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• verb finish or complete, as with some decisive action
  
  • he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal

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• verb be successful; achieve a goal
  manage; negociate; bring off; carry off.
  
  • She succeeded in persuading us all
  • I managed to carry the box upstairs
  • She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
  • The pianist negociated the difficult runs
• verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
  bear off; take away; carry away; bear away.
  
  • Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands
  • The car carried us off to the meeting
  • I'll take you away on a holiday
  • I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry
• verb kill in large numbers
  annihilate; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
  
  • the plague wiped out an entire population

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• verb take away by means of a vehicle
  cart off; haul away; cart away.
  
  • They carted off the old furniture

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• verb get rid of
  shake off; shed; throw away; drop; cast off; cast; throw.
  
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss
  • shed your clothes
• verb make the last row of stitches when knitting
  

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• adjective satellite thrown away
  discarded; thrown-away; throwaway.
  
  • wearing someone's cast-off clothes
  • throwaway children living on the streets
  • salvaged some thrown-away furniture

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Cast"-off` adjective

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1. Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.

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• verb put a check mark on or near or next to
  mark off; check off; mark; tick; check.
  
  • Please check each name on the list
  • tick off the items
  • mark off the units

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• adjective satellite greatly annoyed; out of patience
  browned off; exasperated.
  
  • had an exasperated look on his face
  • felt exasperated beyond endurance

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• verb break off (a piece from a whole)
  break away; chip; chip off; break off.
  
  • Her tooth chipped

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• verb suppress
  choke back; choke down.
  
  • He choked down his rage
• verb become or cause to become obstructed
  clog; congest; choke; foul; clog up; back up.
  
  • The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  • The water pipe is backed up

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• verb remove by or as if by cutting
  cut off; chop off.
  
  • cut off the ear
  • lop off the dead branch

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• verb remove from sight
  clear away.
  

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• verb perform or finish an action rapidly
  
  • The game was clicked off in 1:48

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• verb register one's departure from work
  punch out; clock out.
  

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• verb stem the flow of
  close off.
  
  • shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation
• verb isolate or separate
  close off.
  
  • She was shut off from the friends
• verb block off the passage through
  block off; close off.
  
  • We shut off the valve

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• noun the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
  isolation.
  

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• verb come to be detached
  come away; detach.
  
  • His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
• verb happen in a particular manner
  go over; come off.
  
  • how did your talk go over?
• verb break off (a piece from a whole)
  break away; chip; chip off; break off.
  
  • Her tooth chipped

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• verb become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
  calm; calm down; simmer down; cool it; chill out; settle down.
  
  • After the fight both men need to cool off.
  • It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
• verb lose intensity
  cool down; cool.
  
  • His enthusiasm cooled considerably
• verb feel less enamoured of something or somebody
  

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• verb divide by means of a rope
  rope in; cordon off.
  
  • The police roped off the area where the crime occurred

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• verb call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function
  

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• verb remove from the surface
  cream off; skim; cream.
  
  • skim cream from the surface of milk
• verb pick the best
  cream off.
  

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• verb remove from a list
  strike out; mark; cross out; cross off.
  
  • Cross the name of the dead person off the list

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• verb separate by means of a curtain
  

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• verb make a break in
  interrupt; disrupt; break up.
  
  • We interrupt the program for the following messages
• verb cease, stop
  cut.
  
  • cut the noise
  • We had to cut short the conversation
• verb remove by or as if by cutting
  cut off; chop off.
  
  • cut off the ear
  • lop off the dead branch
• verb cut off and stop
  cut out.
  
  • The bicyclist was cut out by the van
• verb break a small piece off from
  knap; chip; break off.
  
  • chip the glass
  • chip a tooth
• verb remove surgically
  amputate.
  
  • amputate limbs
• adjective satellite detached by cutting
  severed.
  
  • cut flowers
  • a severed head
  • an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm

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Cut"-off` noun

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1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

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• noun the act of cutting something off
  abscission.
  
• noun the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
  cutting; cut.
  
  • the barber gave him a good cut

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Damp" off`

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1. To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

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• noun a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture
  

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• noun fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings
  Pythium debaryanum.
  

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• verb write quickly
  fling off; dash off; knock off; scratch off.
  
  • She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  • He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
• verb write down hastily
  dash down.
  
  • She dashed off a letter to her lawyer

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• noun a day when you are not required to work
  
  • Thursday is his day off

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• verb become extinct
  die out.
  
  • Dinosaurs died out

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• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures

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• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures

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• verb remove by drawing or pulling
  draw away; draw off.
  
  • She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth
  • draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese
• verb remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
  take out; draw; withdraw.
  
  • She drew $2,000 from the account
  • The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank

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• noun act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
  drawing.
  
  • the drawing of water from the well

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• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures

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• verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  turn back; drive out; dispel; drive away; chase away; drive off.
  
  • Drive away potential burglars
  • drive away bad thoughts
  • dispel doubts
  • The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers

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• verb fall or diminish
  
  • The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test
• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures
• verb leave or unload
  unload; drop; put down; set down; discharge.
  
  • unload the cargo
  • drop off the passengers at the hotel
• verb retreat
  fall back; fall behind; recede; lose.
  
• verb get worse
  drop away; slip; fall away.
  
  • My grades are slipping

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• noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
  slump; slack; falloff; drop-off.
  
  • the team went into a slump
  • a gradual slack in output
  • a drop-off in attendance
  • a falloff in quality
• noun a steep high face of rock
  drop; cliff.
  
  • he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
  • a steep drop
• noun a change downward
  decrease; lessening.
  
  • there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
  • there was a sharp drop-off in sales

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• noun a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented
  

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• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures

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• verb become less intense
  ease up; flag; ease off.
  
• verb reduce pressure or intensity
  ease up; let up.
  
  • he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down

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• verb flow back or recede
  ebb out; ebb down; ebb away; ebb.
  
  • the tides ebbed at noon

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• verb adjust for
  make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
  
  • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance

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• verb start a game by a face-off
  bully off.
  

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• noun a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  showdown; confrontation; encounter.
  
• noun (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
  

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• verb come off
  
  • This button had fallen off
• verb fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
  slump; sink.
  
  • The real estate market fell off
• verb diminish in size or intensity
  fall away.
  

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• etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i.

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• noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
  slump; slack; falloff; drop-off.
  
  • the team went into a slump
  • a gradual slack in output
  • a drop-off in attendance
  • a falloff in quality

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• . (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." Eph. ii. 13.

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• adjective satellite very far away in space or time
  faraway.
  
  • faraway mountains
  • the faraway future
  • troops landing on far-off shores
  • far-off happier times

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• verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  stave off; avert; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; forfend.
  
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike

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• verb force or drive back
  repulse; repel; drive back; rebuff.
  
  • repel the attacker
  • fight off the onslaught
  • rebuff the attack

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• verb finish a task completely
  finish up; get through; wrap up; clear up; mop up; finish off.
  
  • I finally got through this homework assignment

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• noun the act of discharging a gun
  discharge; firing.
  

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• adverb before anything else
  firstly; foremost; first of all; first.
  
  • first we must consider the garter snake

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• one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.

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• verb come off in flakes or thin small pieces
  flake off; flake; peel.
  
  • The paint in my house is peeling off

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• verb write quickly
  fling off; dash off; knock off; scratch off.
  
  • She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  • He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

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• verb flow off or away gradually
  flow away.
  
  • The water flowed off from the pipe

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• verb get very angry and fly into a rage
  hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; go ballistic; flip one's wig; hit the ceiling; throw a fit; blow one's stack; lose one's temper; combust; blow up; blow a fuse; have a fit.
  
  • The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
  • Spam makes me go ballistic

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• verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
  foist off; fob off.
  

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• verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
  foist off; fob off.
  

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• verb reject with contempt
  spurn; disdain; reject; scorn; pooh-pooh; turn down.
  
  • She spurned his advances

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• verb cause to lose courage
  scare away; frighten off; dash; pall; daunt; scare; frighten away.
  
  • dashed by the refusal

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• off from; off. "A live coal...taken with the tongs from off the altar." Is. vi. 6.

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• verb be lazy or idle
  loaf; lounge around; loll; lounge about; frig around; bum; arse around; bum around; waste one's time; arse about; loll around; bum about.
  
  • Her son is just bumming around all day
• verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  bugger off; get; buzz off; scram.
  
  • Scram!
• verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
  fuck off; wank; she-bop; masturbate; jack off.
  

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• not so near; apart by a greater distance.

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• verb leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
  
• verb be relieved of one's duties temporarily
  
• verb transfer
  get off; send.
  
  • The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
• verb cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
  
  • The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife
• verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
  get out; escape; get by; get away.
  
  • She gets away with murder!
  • I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
• verb enjoy in a sexual way
  
  • He gets off on shoes
• verb alight from (a horse)
  light; dismount; unhorse; get down.
  
• verb get out of quickly
  hop out.
  
  • The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
• verb send via the postal service
  mail.
  
  • I'll mail you the check tomorrow
• verb get high, stoned, or drugged
  trip out; turn on; trip.
  
  • He trips every weekend
• verb deliver verbally
  
  • He got off the best line I've heard in a long time

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• verb get started or set in motion, used figuratively
  get off the ground.
  
  • the project took a long time to get off the ground

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• verb have as a by-product
  
  • The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities
• verb give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  give out; emit.
  
  • The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits

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• verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  abscond; make off; absquatulate; decamp; bolt; go off.
  
  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
• verb be discharged or activated
  
  • the explosive devices went off
• verb go off or discharge
  fire; discharge.
  
  • The gun fired
• verb stop running, functioning, or operating
  
  • Our power went off during the hurricane
• verb happen in a particular manner
  go over; come off.
  
  • how did your talk go over?
• verb burst inward
  implode.
  
  • The bottle imploded

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• verb act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
  go off at half-cock.
  
  • she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked

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• verb act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
  go off at half-cock.
  
  • she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked

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• noun an idle worthless person
  no-account; goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well.
  

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• noun the evasion of work or duty
  slacking; shirking; soldiering; goldbricking.
  

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• (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed.

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• adjective satellite not involving participation or intervention
  
  • a hands-off foreign policy

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• verb take away by means of a vehicle
  cart off; haul away; cart away.
  
  • They carted off the old furniture

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• verb have sexual intercourse with
  love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; bang; bed; do it; roll in the hay; sleep together.
  
  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

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• verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  stave off; avert; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; forfend.
  
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike

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• verb remove from a group and make separate
  
  • The unit was hived off from its parent company
• verb withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
  divert.
  

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• verb resist and fight to a standoff
  
  • Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off
• verb wait before acting
  hold back; wait.
  
  • the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment

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• verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
  fuck off; wank; she-bop; masturbate; jack off.
  

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• noun slang for masturbation
  wank; jacking off; hand job.
  

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• verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
  fuck off; wank; she-bop; masturbate; jack off.
  

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• noun terms of abuse for a masturbator
  tosser; wanker.
  

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• noun slang for masturbation
  wank; jacking off; hand job.
  

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• verb set off quickly, usually with success
  
  • The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class
• verb jump down from an elevated point
  jump; leap.
  
  • the parachutist didn't want to jump
  • every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
  • the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

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• noun a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
  point of departure.
  
  • one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him
  • my point of departure was San Francisco

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• noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
  point of departure; springboard.
  
  • he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
  • reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
  • the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out

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• verb refrain from certain foods or beverages
  avoid.
  
  • I keep off drugs
  • During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day
• verb refrain from entering or walking onto
  keep off.
  
  • keep off the grass
  • stay off the premises

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• verb stay clear of, avoid
  keep one's eyes off; stay away; stand back; keep one's distance.
  
  • Keep your hands off my wife!
  • Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous

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• verb stay clear of, avoid
  keep one's eyes off; stay away; stand back; keep one's distance.
  
  • Keep your hands off my wife!
  • Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous

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• verb commence officially
  inaugurate.
  

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• verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
  exterminate.
  
  • Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe

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• verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  neutralize; liquidate; do in; waste; neutralise.
  
  • The mafia liquidated the informer
  • the double agent was neutralized
• verb cut the price of
  shave.
  
• verb take by theft
  cop; glom; thieve; hook; snitch.
  
  • Someone snitched my wallet!
• verb write quickly
  fling off; dash off; knock off; scratch off.
  
  • She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  • He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
• verb stop pursuing or acting
  drop.
  
  • drop a lawsuit
  • knock it off!

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• a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

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• adjective satellite having lost your job
  pink-slipped; dismissed; discharged; fired.
  

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• verb deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
  laugh away.
  
  • She laughs away all these problems

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• verb put an end to a state or an activity
  quit; discontinue; stop; give up; cease.
  
  • Quit teasing your little brother
• verb dismiss, usually for economic reasons
  furlough.
  
  • She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized

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• verb teach immoral behavior to
  lead astray.
  
  • It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
• verb set in motion, cause to start
  start; begin; commence.
  
  • The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
  • The Iraqis began hostilities
  • begin a new chapter in your life

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• noun the act of enticing others into sinful ways
  leading astray.
  

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• verb come to an end, stop or cease
  
  • the road leaves off at the edge of the forest
  • leave off where you started
• verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  take out; omit; except; leave out; exclude.
  
  • The bad results were excluded from the report
  • Leave off the top piece
• verb stop using
  
  • leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here

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Left"-off" adjective

Definitions

1. Laid a side; cast-off.

Webster 1913

• verb grant exemption or release to
  excuse; relieve; exempt.
  
  • Please excuse me from this class

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Let"-off` noun

Definitions

1. (Mach.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

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• verb become level or even
  level.
  
  • The ground levelled off

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• verb depart from the ground
  lift off.
  
  • The plane took off two hours late

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• verb speak spontaneously and without restraint
  lip off.
  
  • She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

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• verb exit a computer
  log out.
  
  • Please log off before you go home

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• verb fire as from a gun
  let fly; let drive.
  
  • The soldiers let drive their bullets

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• verb remove by or as if by cutting
  cut off; chop off.
  
  • cut off the ear
  • lop off the dead branch

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• verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  abscond; make off; absquatulate; decamp; bolt; go off.
  
  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

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• verb set boundaries to and delimit
  mark out.
  
  • mark out the territory
• verb put a check mark on or near or next to
  mark off; check off; mark; tick; check.
  
  • Please check each name on the list
  • tick off the items
  • mark off the units

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• verb take off weight
  slim; slenderize; reduce; slim down; lose weight; thin.
  

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• noun the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side
  

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• verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  rabbit on; spout; rant; rave; jabber.
  

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• verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  snip; nip; nip off; clip.
  
  • nip off the flowers

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• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures

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• (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

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• adverb not regularly
  off and on.
  
  • they phone each other off and on

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• . (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally . (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• . See Offhand.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• (Football), out of play; said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.
• . (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side . See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.

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• adjective satellite remote from populous or much-traveled regions
  out-of-the-way.
  
  • they found a quiet out-of-the-way resort

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• adverb without preparation
  
  • the presidential candidate made a remark off the cuff

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• adjective satellite freed from danger or blame or obligation
  
  • I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand

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• adverb not for quotation
  
  • he spoke to the reporter off the record

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• noun a year in which productivity is low or inferior
  
• noun a year in which no major political elections are held
  

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• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• adjective satellite intermittently stopping and starting
  fitful; interrupted.
  
  • fitful (or interrupted) sleep
  • off-and-on static

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• noun a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
  Herschelian telescope.
  

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• adjective satellite located outside a military base
  
  • off-base housing

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• noun low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan
  

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• adjective satellite situated away from the center or axis
  off-center.
  

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• adjective satellite situated away from the center or axis
  off-center.
  

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• adjective satellite in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
  indelicate; off-color.
  
  • an indelicate remark
  • an off-color joke
• adjective satellite humorously vulgar
  bawdy; ribald.
  
  • bawdy songs
  • off-color jokes
  • ribald language

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• adjective satellite in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
  indelicate; off-color.
  
  • an indelicate remark
  • an off-color joke

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• noun a day when things go poorly
  
  • I guess this is one of my off-days

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• adjective satellite not prepared or vigilant
  off her guard; off guard; napping; off one's guard; off his guard; off your guard.
  
  • the blow caught him napping
  • caught in an off-guard moment
  • found him off his guard

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• adverb without preparation
  ex tempore.
  
  • I don't know the figures off-hand

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• adjective satellite inaccurate in pitch
  sour; false.
  
  • a false (or sour) note
  • her singing was off key

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• noun a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere
  liquor store; package store.
  

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• adjective satellite barred to a designated group
  out-of-bounds.
  
  • that area is off-limits

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• adjective not on a regular route of a transportation system
  
  • an off-line ticket office
• adjective not connected to a computer network
  
  • off-line resources

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• noun electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit
  auxiliary equipment.
  

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• noun a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit
  auxiliary operation.
  

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• adjective satellite causing annoyance or repugnance
  
  • an off-putting remark
• adjective satellite tending to repel
  
  • The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess

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• noun a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country
  all-terrain bike; mountain bike.
  

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• noun the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest
  

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• adjective taking place or located away from the site
  
  • an off-site waste treatment operation

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• noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
  change-of-pace; change-of-pace ball; change-up.
  

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• adjective not on the streets
  
  • off-street parking
  • off-street unloading of vehicles

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• adverb overtime without extra compensation
  
  • she often has to work off-the-clock

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• adjective satellite with little or no preparation or forethought
  extemporaneous; extempore; offhand; ad-lib; offhanded; extemporary; unrehearsed; impromptu.
  
  • his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  • an extemporaneous piano recital
  • an extemporary lecture
  • an extempore skit
  • an impromptu speech
  • offhand excuses
  • trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
  • an off-the-cuff toast
  • a few unrehearsed comments

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• adjective satellite (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
  ready-to-wear; off-the-peg; off-the-rack.
  
  • a ready-made jacket
  • ready-to-wear clothes

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• adjective satellite (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
  ready-to-wear; off-the-peg; off-the-rack.
  
  • a ready-made jacket
  • ready-to-wear clothes

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• adjective satellite (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
  ready-to-wear; off-the-peg; off-the-rack.
  
  • a ready-made jacket
  • ready-to-wear clothes

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• adjective satellite not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress)
  

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• adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  gonzo; freakish; eccentric; outre; flaky; outlandish; bizarre; freaky; flakey.
  
  • restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
  • famed for his eccentric spelling
  • a freakish combination of styles
  • his off-the-wall antics
  • the outlandish clothes of teenagers
  • outre and affected stage antics

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• noun a shade of white the color of bleached bones
  pearl; ivory; bone.
  
• adjective satellite of something having a color tending toward white
  whitish.
  

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• adverb not regularly
  off and on.
  
  • they phone each other off and on

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• noun a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
  on/off switch; toggle switch; toggle.
  

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• noun a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated
  

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• verb form a pair or pairs
  pair; pair off; couple.
  
  • The two old friends paired off

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• verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
  foist off; fob off.
  

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• verb wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
  pan out; pan.
  

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• verb divide into parts, pieces, or sections
  partition.
  
  • The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British

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• verb form a pair or pairs
  pair; pair off; couple.
  
  • The two old friends paired off

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• verb be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
  
  • She passed off as a Russian agent
• verb disregard
  
  • She passed off the insult
• verb cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
  
  • She passed the glass off as diamonds
  • He passed himself off as a secret agent
• verb disappear gradually
  blow over; fade; pass; evanesce; fleet.
  
  • The pain eventually passed off
• verb come to pass
  fall out; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; occur; go on.
  
  • What is happening?
  • The meeting took place off without an incidence
  • Nothing occurred that seemed important
• verb expel (gases or odors)
  breathe; emit.
  

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• verb yield a profit or result
  
  • His efforts finally paid off
• verb eliminate by paying off (debts)
  liquidate.
  
• verb pay off (loans or promissory notes)
  redeem.
  
• verb do or give something to somebody in return
  pay; compensate; make up.
  
  • Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
• verb pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
  buy off.
  
• verb take vengeance on or get even
  fix; get; pay back.
  
  • We'll get them!
  • That'll fix him good!
  • This time I got him

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• verb peel off the outer layer of something
  
• verb take off, as with some difficulty
  
  • He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt
• verb leave a formation
  
• verb come off in flakes or thin small pieces
  flake off; flake; peel.
  
  • The paint in my house is peeling off
• verb peel off in scales
  desquamate.
  
  • dry skin desquamates

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• verb let go from employment with an attractive pension
  
  • The director was pensioned off when he got senile
• verb grant a pension to
  pension.
  

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• verb shoot one by one
  
• verb pull or pull out sharply
  tweak; pick off; pluck.
  
  • pluck the flowers off the bush

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• noun a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out
  

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• adjective satellite aroused to impatience or anger
  nettled; riled; peeved; stung; miffed; roiled; steamed; annoyed; pissed; irritated.
  
  • made an irritated gesture
  • feeling nettled from the constant teasing
  • peeved about being left out
  • felt really pissed at her snootiness
  • riled no end by his lies
  • roiled by the delay

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• verb set into opposition or rivalry
  oppose; pit; match.
  
  • let them match their best athletes against ours
  • pit a chess player against the Russian champion
  • He plays his two children off against each other

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• verb finish a task completely
  finish up; get through; wrap up; clear up; mop up; finish off.
  
  • I finally got through this homework assignment
• verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
  murder; off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off.
  
  • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• verb finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
  eat up; finish.
  
  • She polished off the remaining potatoes

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• not well off; not rich.

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• verb leave quickly
  
• verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  decease; give-up the ghost; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
  
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

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• verb partition off into compartments
  pound.
  
  • The locks pound the water of the canal

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• verb pull or pull out sharply
  tweak; pick off; pluck.
  
  • pluck the flowers off the bush
• verb cause to withdraw
  
  • We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged
• verb be successful; achieve a goal
  manage; negociate; bring off; carry off.
  
  • She succeeded in persuading us all
  • I managed to carry the box upstairs
  • She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
  • The pianist negociated the difficult runs
• verb remove by drawing or pulling
  draw away; draw off.
  
  • She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth
  • draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese

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• noun designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
  rest stop; lay-by; rest area; layby.
  

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• verb hold back to a later time
  prorogue; set back; defer; remit; put over; shelve; table; postpone; hold over.
  
  • let's postpone the exam
• verb cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
  put off.
  
• verb take away the enthusiasm of
  dishearten.
  
• verb cause to feel embarrassment
  disconcert; flurry; confuse.
  
  • The constant attention of the young man confused her
• verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  dodge; fudge; sidestep; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent.
  
  • He dodged the issue
  • she skirted the problem
  • They tend to evade their responsibilities
  • he evaded the questions skillfully

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Put"-off` noun

Definitions

1. A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.

Webster 1913

• verb dispose of in a lottery
  raffle.
  
  • We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

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• verb separate with a railing
  rail.
  
  • rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

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• verb take money from an illegal transaction
  

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• noun a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
  vigorish.
  

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• verb recite volubly or extravagantly
  rattle down; roll off; reel off; rattle off.
  
  • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

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• verb unwind from or as if from a reel
  unreel.
  
  • unreel the tape
• verb recite volubly or extravagantly
  rattle down; roll off; reel off; rattle off.
  
  • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

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• verb ride away on a horse, for example
  ride away.
  

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• at once; straightway; without delay. Colloq. U.S. "We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off." D. Webster.

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• verb wash off soap or remaining dirt
  rinse.
  

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• verb deprive somebody of something by deceit
  cheat; chisel.
  
  • The con-man beat me out of $50
  • This salesman ripped us off!
  • we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
  • They chiseled me out of my money

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• noun the act of stealing
  heist.
  

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• verb leave
  
  • The car roared off into the fog

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• verb recite volubly or extravagantly
  rattle down; roll off; reel off; rattle off.
  
  • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

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• noun a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
  

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• verb divide by means of a rope
  rope in; cordon off.
  
  • The police roped off the area where the crime occurred

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• verb make round
  round out; round.
  
  • round the edges
• verb bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  polish up; polish; round; brush up.
  
  • polish your social manners
• verb express as a round number
  round out; round down; round.
  
  • round off the amount

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• verb wear away
  corrade; abrase; abrade; rub down.
  

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• verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  abscond; make off; absquatulate; decamp; bolt; go off.
  
  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
• verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  bolt out; run out; bolt; beetle off.
  
  • The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
  • When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
• verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  turn back; drive out; dispel; drive away; chase away; drive off.
  
  • Drive away potential burglars
  • drive away bad thoughts
  • dispel doubts
  • The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• verb run away secretly with one's beloved
  elope.
  
  • The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
• verb run off as waste
  waste.
  
  • The water wastes back into the ocean
• verb reproduce by xerography
  photocopy; xerox.
  
• verb decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
  

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• verb depart in a hurry
  rush away.
  

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• adjective satellite well below average height
  sawed-off; pint-sized; pint-size; runty.
  
• adjective satellite cut short
  sawed-off; shortened.
  
  • a sawed-off shotgun
  • a sawed-off broomstick
  • the shortened rope was easier to use

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• noun a shotgun with short barrels
  

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• adjective satellite well below average height
  sawed-off; pint-sized; pint-size; runty.
  
• adjective satellite cut short
  sawed-off; shortened.
  
  • a sawed-off shotgun
  • a sawed-off broomstick
  • the shortened rope was easier to use

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• verb cause to lose courage
  scare away; frighten off; dash; pall; daunt; scare; frighten away.
  
  • dashed by the refusal

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• verb write quickly
  fling off; dash off; knock off; scratch off.
  
  • She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  • He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

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• verb partition by means of a divider, such as a screen
  screen off.
  
  • screen off this part of the room

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• verb make tight; secure against leakage
  seal.
  
  • seal the windows
• verb impose a blockade on
  blockade.
  

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• verb get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices
  
  • The store sold off the surplus merchandise

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• verb send away towards a designated goal
  despatch; dispatch.
  
• verb throw, send, or cast forward
  project.
  
  • project a missile
• verb transfer
  get off; send.
  
  • The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

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• noun an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
  bon voyage.
  
• noun a start given to contestants
  send-off; kickoff.
  
  • I was there with my parents at the kickoff

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• verb partition by means of a divider, such as a screen
  screen off.
  
  • screen off this part of the room

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• verb put in motion or move to act
  activate; touch off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
  
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits
• verb leave
  depart; set forth; set off; start out; start; part; set out.
  
  • The family took off for Florida
• verb direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
  bring out.
  
  • This dress accentuates your nice figure!
  • I set off these words by brackets
• verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
  explode; detonate; blow up.
  
  • We exploded the nuclear bomb
• verb make up for
  cancel; offset.
  
  • His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
• verb set in motion or cause to begin
  
  • The guide set the tour off to a good start
• verb provoke or stir up
  incite; instigate; stir up.
  
  • incite a riot
  • set off great unrest among the people

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Set"-off` noun

Etymology

Definitions

1. That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

   I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.

2. That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
3. (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. ✍ Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. Offset is sometimes improperly used for the legal term set-off. See Recoupment.
4. (Arch.) Same as Offset, n., 4.
5. (Print.) See Offset, 7. Syn. -- Set-off, Offset. -- Offset originally denoted that which branches off or projects, as a shoot from a tree, but the term has long been used in America in the sense of set-off. This use is beginning to obtain in England; though Macaulay uses set-off, and so, perhaps, do a majority of English writers.

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• verb cast a shadow over
  shadow; shade.
  

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• verb get rid of
  shake off; escape from; shake.
  
  • I couldn't shake the car that was following me
• verb get rid of
  shake off; shed; throw away; drop; cast off; cast; throw.
  
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss
  • shed your clothes

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• verb drive away by crying `shoo!'
  shoo away; shoo.
  

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• verb speak spontaneously and without restraint
  lip off.
  
  • She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

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• verb leave; informal or rude
  blow; shove along.
  
  • shove off!
  • The children shoved along
  • Blow now!

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• verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
  swank; flash; flaunt; ostentate.
  
  • he showed off his new sports car

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• noun someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
  exhibitionist.
  

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• verb minimize the importance of, brush aside
  
  • Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points

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• verb stem the flow of
  close off.
  
  • shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation
• verb isolate or separate
  close off.
  
  • She was shut off from the friends
• verb block off the passage through
  block off; close off.
  
  • We shut off the valve

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• verb cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
  

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• verb convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
  siphon; syphon.
  

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• verb remove from the surface
  cream off; skim; cream.
  
  • skim cream from the surface of milk
• verb pick the best
  cream off.
  

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• verb become less in amount or intensity
  die away; slack; abate; let up.
  
  • The storm abated
  • The rain let up after a few hours

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• verb become less intense
  ease up; flag; ease off.
  

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• verb get rid of by sleeping
  
  • sleep off a hangover

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• verb take off with ease or speed
  
  • She slipped off her jacket

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• verb discard as undesirable
  
  • the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers
• verb separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
  

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• verb break a piece from a whole
  break; break off.
  
  • break a branch from a tree

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• verb leave furtively and stealthily
  steal away; sneak away; sneak out; slip away.
  
  • The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard

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• verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  snip; nip; nip off; clip.
  
  • nip off the flowers

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• verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
  speak up; animadvert; opine; speak out.
  
  • John spoke up at the meeting
• verb start playing
  strike up.
  
  • The musicians struck up a tune
• verb express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  plain; kvetch; kick; complain; quetch.
  
  • My mother complains all day
  • She has a lot to kick about

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• verb put in motion or move to act
  activate; touch off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
  
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits

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• verb recite volubly or extravagantly
  rattle down; roll off; reel off; rattle off.
  
  • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

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• verb produce as a consequence of something larger
  

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• noun a product made during the manufacture of something else
  byproduct; by-product.
  

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• verb carry off mysteriously; as if by magic
  spirit away.
  

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• verb clean with a sponge, by rubbing
  sponge down.
  

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• verb settle conclusively; come to terms
  determine; settle; square up.
  
  • We finally settled the argument

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• (Naut.), sailing from the land.

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• noun a start given to contestants
  send-off; kickoff.
  
  • I was there with my parents at the kickoff

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• verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  stave off; avert; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; forfend.
  
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike

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• verb refrain from entering or walking onto
  keep off.
  
  • keep off the grass
  • stay off the premises

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• adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  straightaway; forthwith; like a shot; at once; directly; right away; immediately; now; instantly.
  
  • he answered immediately
  • found an answer straightaway
  • an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
  • Come here now!

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• verb remove from a list
  strike out; mark; cross out; cross off.
  
  • Cross the name of the dead person off the list

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• verb promise to abstain from
  
  • I have sworn off cigarettes altogether

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• verb lose weight by sweating
  
  • I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna

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• verb overwhelm emotionally
  sweep away.
  
  • Her swept her away

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• verb cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
  switch off; cut; turn out.
  
  • Turn off the stereo, please
  • cut the engine
  • turn out the lights

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• verb leave
  depart; set forth; set off; start out; start; part; set out.
  
  • The family took off for Florida
• verb take away or remove
  
  • Take that weight off me!
• verb depart from the ground
  lift off.
  
  • The plane took off two hours late
• verb take time off from work; stop working temporarily
  take off.
  
• verb mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
  
  • This song takes off from a famous aria
• verb remove clothes
  
  • take off your shirt--it's very hot in here
• verb get started or set in motion, used figuratively
  get off the ground.
  
  • the project took a long time to get off the ground
• verb prove fatal
  
  • The disease took off
• verb make a subtraction
  deduct; subtract.
  
  • subtract this amount from my paycheck

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• verb take time off from work; stop working temporarily
  take off.
  

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Take"-off` noun

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1. An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

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Tak"ing-off` noun

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1. Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.

   The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

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• noun the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  tap-off.
  

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• verb end weakly
  peter out; fizzle; fizzle out.
  
  • The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
• verb become smaller or less active
  
  • Business tapered off

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• adjective satellite gradually decreasing until little remains
  dwindling; tapering.
  

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• noun a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
  deduction; tax deduction.
  

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• verb rip off violently and forcefully
  tear away.
  
  • The passing bus tore off her side mirror

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• verb strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole
  

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• verb reprimand
  brush down.
  
  • She told the misbehaving student off

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• verb get rid of
  shake off; shed; throw away; drop; cast off; cast; throw.
  
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss
  • shed your clothes
• verb get rid of
  shake off; escape from; shake.
  
  • I couldn't shake the car that was following me

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Throw"-off` noun

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1. A start in a hunt or a race. Eng.

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• verb put a check mark on or near or next to
  mark off; check off; mark; tick; check.
  
  • Please check each name on the list
  • tick off the items
  • mark off the units

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• noun a time period when you are not required to work
  
  • he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral

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• verb give insider information or advise to
  tip.
  
  • He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot

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• noun inside information that something is going to happen
  
• noun the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  tap-off.
  

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• to be in a better condition.

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• to be in poor condition.

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• . (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a moment's warning. (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the bet was declared to be off. Colloq.

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• to be of a wrong color. to be mildly obscene

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• to have no appetite. (Colloq.)

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• to be insane.

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• to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment.

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• to be in good condition.

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• . (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
• (Naut.), to steer away, as from land.

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• to repel or drive back.

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• to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.
• to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.

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• to divide into tight compartments.
• (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.

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• to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge.

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• . (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. "Break off thy sins by righteousness." Dan. iv. 27.
• . (a) To become separated by rupture, or with suddenness and violence. (b) To desist or cease suddenly. "Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so." Shak.

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• to desist from; to abandon, as a habit.

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• to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape.

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• to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony.

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• . (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party.

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• to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment.

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• (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands.

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• . (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.

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• (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages.

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• to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

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• (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

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• . (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. Colloq. (e) To pay over; to give. Obs. (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer.

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• etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.

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• to suffer . Obs. "To come off by the worst." Calamy.

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• to leave. "To come off from these grave disquisitions." Felton.

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• to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

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• . (a) To sever; to separate.

  I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. Shak.

  (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Irenus was likewise cut off by martyrdom." Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.

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• to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce.

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• to withdraw; to abstract. Addison.

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• to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.

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• to fall asleep gently; also, to die. Colloq.

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• (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually.

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• (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.

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• . (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe. (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as, friends fall off in adversity. "Love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide." Shak. (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse. (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty.

  Those captive tribes . . . fell offFrom God to worship calves.Milton.

  (e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off. (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the magazine or the review falls off. "O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!" Shak. (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to leeward.

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• (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.

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• to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. Addison.

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• to separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt.

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• to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people."

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• . (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke. (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a trial . Colloq.

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• to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
• to cease; to forbear. Obs. Locke.

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• . (a) To go away; to depart.

  The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak.

  (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.

  The wedding went off much as such affairs do. Mrs. Caskell.

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• . (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. Colloq. or Low

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• to die. Colloq. Thackeray.

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• (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

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• to intercept; to get before; as, an officer heads off a thief who is escaping.

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• to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. Locke.

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• to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple.

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• to keep at a distance.

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• to cease, as from work; to desist.
• . (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter . (c) To leave off (work, etc.) . Colloq.

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• to go first; to begin.

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• . (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock . (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth . (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.
• to cease; to desist; to stop.

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• (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun . (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation . Colloq.

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• to go away suddenly.

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• to separate from a company in pairs or couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.

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• to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off.
• to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay.

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• . Etymol. uncertain. (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
• . (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship . (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.

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• . (a) To pluck; to remove by picking . (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy.

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• to affect; to feign; to practice artifice.
• to display; to show; to put in exercise; as, to play off tricks.

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• to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin.

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• to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures.

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• to finish completely, as an adversary. Slang

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• to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off with a denial. Locke.

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• to put off; to delay. Obs. "Why did I, venturously, post off so great a business?" Baxter.

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• take or draw off. (b) to perform (something illegal or unethical); as, to pull off a heist [robbery]. (c) to accomplish, against the odds.

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• . (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to put off mortality. "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet." Ex. iii. 5. (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate; to baffle.

  I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hoped to put me off with an harangue. Boyle.

  We might put him off with this answer. Bentley.

  (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off repentance. (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an ingenious theory = to pass off . (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat .
• to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore.

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• . (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story . (b) To rail at; to scold .

  "She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply."Arbuthnot.

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• to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by friction; as, to rub off rust.

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• to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace.

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• . (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish .

  They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.

  (c) To give a flattering description of.
• . (a) To enter upon a journey; to start . (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contract with it before it has had time to dry.

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• to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's.

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• to turn or move aside to a distance; to move away.

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• to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

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• to exhibit ostentatiously.
• to make a show; to display one's self.

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• to push off; to rid one's self of.

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• . (a) To exclude . (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate.

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• to become free from by sleep; as, to sleep off drunkeness or fatigue.

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• to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. R.

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• to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat.

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• to cut off.

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• . (a) To break suddenly . (b) To bite off suddenly.

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• . (a) To keep at a distance . (b) Not to comply . (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance . (d) To appear prominent; to have relief . "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." Sir H. Wotton.

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• (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it.

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• to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.

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• (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.

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• . (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike off the interest of a debt . (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a thousand copies of a book . = to run off? [copies] (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.

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• to make a solemn vow, or a serious resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off smoking. Slang

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• . (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb . (c) To destroy; as, to take off life . (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument . (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away . Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade . "The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off." Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce. "Take off all their models in wood." Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. R. Bacon. to begin to fly; said of an airplane, or of a person operating an airplane or other flying device.
• to mimic or personate. also, to take off on, to do a take-off on

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• to pull off by violence; to strip.

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• to count; to divide. Sir W. Scott.
• (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. Farrow. (b) to criticise

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• . (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. Eng. (d) To emit. Same as throw out (e). (e) To disconcert or confuse. Same as to throw out (f).

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• to push away.

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• to fall off by tipping.
• to pour out, as liquor.

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• to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.

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• to drink hastily.

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• . (a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant or a parasite. (b) To give over; to reduce. (c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects; to turn off a joke. (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as, to turn off the water or the gas. (g) (colloq.) To dampen the enthusiasm of.
• to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, the road turns off to the left.

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• to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.
• to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age.

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• . (a) To dismiss by a whistle; a term in hawking. "AS a long-winged hawk when he is first whistled off the fist, mounts aloft." Burton. (b) Hence, in general, to turn loose; to abandon; to dismiss.

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• to unwind; to uncoil.

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• to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting.

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• verb finish up or conclude
  top.
  
  • They topped off their dinner with a cognac
  • top the evening with champagne
• verb fill to the point of almost overflowing
  
  • She topped off the cup

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• verb write quickly
  fling off; dash off; knock off; scratch off.
  
  • She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  • He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
• verb drink down entirely
  drink down; bolt down; pour down; pop; belt down; down; kill.
  
  • He downed three martinis before dinner
  • She killed a bottle of brandy that night
  • They popped a few beer after work

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• verb put in motion or move to act
  activate; touch off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
  
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits

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• noun an exchange that occurs as a compromise
  tradeoff.
  
  • I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine

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• verb put in motion or move to act
  activate; touch off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
  
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits

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• verb cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
  switch off; cut; turn out.
  
  • Turn off the stereo, please
  • cut the engine
  • turn out the lights
• verb make a turn
  
  • turn off at the parking area
• verb cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
  put off.
  

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• verb take without permission
  
  • he walked off with my wife!
  • The thief walked off with my gold watch
• verb go away from
  walk away.
  
  • The actor walked off before he got his cue
  • I got annoyed and just walked off

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• verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  stave off; avert; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; forfend.
  
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike
• verb avert, turn away, or repel
  
  • Ward off danger

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• verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
  wash; wash away; wash out.
  
  • he washed the dirt from his coat
  • The nurse washed away the blood
  • Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
  • he managed to wash out the stains

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Wash"-off` adjective

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1. (Calico Printing) Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.

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• verb dismiss as insignificant
  
  • He waved off suggestions of impropriety

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• noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
  go-around; overshoot.
  

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• verb deteriorate through use or stress
  wear out; wear down; wear thin; wear.
  
  • The constant friction wore out the cloth
• verb diminish, as by friction
  wear away.
  
  • Erosion wore away the surface

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• in good condition; especially, in good condition as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.

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• adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
  well-to-do; prosperous; well-heeled; comfortable; well-fixed; well-situated; easy.
  
  • they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
  • easy living
  • a prosperous family
  • his family is well-situated financially
  • well-to-do members of the community
• adjective satellite fortunately situated
  
  • doesn't know when he's well-off

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• verb brush or wipe off lightly
  whisk.
  
• verb take away quickly and suddenly
  whisk away.
  

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• verb reverse the winding or twisting of
  unwind; unroll.
  
  • unwind a ball of yarn

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• verb remove by wiping
  wipe away.
  
• verb remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  efface; score out; erase; rub out.
  
  • Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

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• verb cause to go away through effort or work
  
  • work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays
  • we must work off the debt

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• verb concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
  
  • write it off as a loss
• verb write something fluently, and without hesitation
  
• verb cancel (a debt)
  
• verb reduce the estimated value of something
  expense; write down.
  
  • For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer

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• noun (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
  write-down.
  
• noun the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
  

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