Definition of t-off in English English dictionary
- -off
- Forming nouns denoting competitions
- -off
- Alternative spelling of -ov
- F off
- fuck off
- F off
- to fuck off
- Off.
- Officer
- Off.
- Office
- all bets are off
- Indicates that a future event appears uncertain, especially one that before seemed more certain
- back off
- To lower the setting of
Could you back off the volume a bit? It's really loud.
- back off
- To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act
I was going to sue, until my legal advisors told me to back off.
- back off
- To move backwards away from something
I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.
- bad off
- In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty
Who is worse off? This poor fellow who is desperately neurotic to the point of being amnesic, and wandering in and out of fugues, as bad off as he was? Or the so-called well-adjusted, productive businessman, and so forth, who is clinically sane by the same standards?.
- badly off
- In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty
- badly-off
- Alternative spelling of badly off
- bake-off
- A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking
The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it.
- bar off
- to barricade with bars
- base off of
- To base on
- be off
- To be away from (something.)
She's on vacation, so she'll be off the net for another week.
- be off
- To leave
I'm off — see you later!.
- be off
- To be working against a present or former addiction to (something.)
I've been off drugs for almost a month.
- be off with you
- go away; get out
- bear off from
- To stand further off from (a ship)
- beat off
- To waste time
I beat off at work all day; I didn't get anything done.
- beat off
- To masturbate, usually a man of himself
- beat off
- To drive something away with blows or military force. Now often used figuratively
- beaten off
- Past participle of beat off
- beating off
- Present participle of beat off
- beats off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat off
- beg off
- To avoid, or cancel some event that one has previously arranged with someone
I wonder if I can beg off going to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra 2 hours out of my way.
- begged off
- Simple past tense and past participle of beg off
- begging off
- Present participle of beg off
- begs off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beg off
- best off
- Superlative form of well off
- best-off
- Alternative spelling of best off
- best-off
- Superlative form of well-off
- better off
- Comparative form of well off: more well off
I think it would be better off in the bag.
- better-off
- Comparative form of well-off: more well-off
- better-off
- Alternative spelling of better off
- bite off more than one can chew
- To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing
I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.
- bite someone's head off
- To severely berate someone
- blast off
- to begin ascent under rocket power
- blew off steam
- Simple past of blow off steam
- blow off
- to shirk or disregard (a duty or person)
We've both been blowing off Peter all day: he's really boring.
- blow off
- to pass gas; to break wind
- blow off
- To shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected
Her leg was blown off by a landmine.
- blow off
- To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container
The radioactivity was released when they blew off steam from the containment vessel.
- blow off steam
- To rant or shout in order to relieve stress; to vent
Don’t take it personally when he shouts like that. He’s just blowing off steam.
- blowing off steam
- Present participle of blow off steam
- blown off steam
- Past participle of blow off steam
- blows off steam
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blow off steam
- bog off
- To leave, to go away
- bogged off
- Simple past tense and past participle of bog off
- bogging off
- Present participle of bog off
- bogs off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bog off
- boil off
- to be removes by boiling
Some of the salt will rise up with the vapors, but most of it will be left in the pan when the water has boiled off.
- boil off
- to remove by boiling
cooking it will boil off the vodka.
- bought off
- Simple past tense and past participle of buy off
- bounce off the walls
- To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is
- bounced off the walls
- Simple past tense and past participle of bounce off the walls
- bounces off the walls
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bounce off the walls
- bouncing off the walls
- Present participle of bounce off the walls
- bowl-off
- bowl-out
- break off
- To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently
Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
- break off
- To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
The bees came and found no one but the Woodman to sting, so they flew at him and broke off all their stings against the tin, without hurting the Woodman at all. And as bees cannot live when their stings are broken that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like little heaps of fine coal.
- break one off
- an 1800s baseball term meaning to throw a curve ball
- breaking off
- Present participle of break off
- breaks off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break off
- bring off
- To rescue; to liberate
I'll be ta'en too, Or bring him off.
- bring off
- To bring away from; to bring by boat from a ship, a wreck, the shore, etc
- bring off
- To prove; to demonstrate; to show clearly
- bring off
- To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult
I don't know how, but he managed to bring off the Acme Foods deal.
- bringing off
- Present participle of bring off
- brings off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bring off
- broke off
- Simple past of break off
- brought off
- Simple past tense and past participle of bring off
- browned off
- Annoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted
Bob was browned off when he was passed over for promotion.
- brush off
- To remove something with a brush
- brush off
- Alternative spelling of brush-off
- brush off
- To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant
- brush-off
- An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal
- buck off
- To cause to fall off
The cowboy was bucked off the bronco after 7 seconds.
- bucked off
- Simple past tense and past participle of buck off
- bucking off
- Present participle of buck off
- bucks off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck off
- bug off
- To go away
I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off.
- bug off
- Used to tell somebody to leave them alone
- bugger off
- Go away
- bugger off
- An expression of disagreement or disbelief
Bugger off! You are joking, aren't you?.
- bugger off
- To leave, go away, disappear
We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.
- buggering off
- Present participle of bugger off
- buggers off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bugger off
- bump off
- To cut class; to play truant
- bump off
- To kill, especially to murder
In Match Point, when a mistress is about to blab to a wife, threatening a man's comfortable life, his solution is to bump off the girlfriend.
- bunk off
- To play truant
- burn off
- To dispose of unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well by burning it as it emerges from the well
- burn off
- To fill low value air time with programming not suitable for its original purpose
- burn off
- To cause to dissipate by applying heat
- burn off
- To dissipate as the result of heat
- buy off
- to pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service
- buying off
- Present participle of buy off
- buys off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buy off
- buzz off
- To leave with a buzzing sound
The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.
- buzz off
- To leave (especially busily), take off, go away
- buzz off
- Used to tell someone to go away
I'm trying to read in peace, buzz off will you?.
- call off
- To recall; to cancel or call a halt to
The police called off the search for the missing boy.
- call off the dogs
- To ease up on after inflicting great punishment
- call off the dogs
- During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent
Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.
- called off
- Simple past tense and past participle of call off
- calling off
- Present participle of call off
- calls off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of call off
- cap it all off
- To surpass or outdo something
- cap off
- To finish
- cap off
- To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary)
Cap off, with discs just above the annulus, any circuits that bound in the annulus; then use annuli to cap off adjacent pairs of curves that encircle the annulus in opposite directions.
- capped off
- Simple past tense and past participle of cap off
- capping off
- Present participle of cap off
- caps off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cap off
- carry off
- To transport away
Bandits carried off most of the money.
- carry off
- To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity
The actress carried off a difficult performance.
- cast off
- To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle
- cast off
- To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may proceed
- cast off
- To discard or reject something
- casted off
- Simple past tense and past participle of cast off
- casting off
- Present participle of cast off
- casts off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cast off
- charge-off
- Alternative spelling of charge off
- cheese off
- To annoy
Sony management . . . is 'fixing' one part of the triangle at the cost of the other two. This cheeses off software makers more than you can imagine, and it also cheeses off customers.
- cheesed off
- Annoyed, upset, angry
I'm really cheesed off about the lack of hand dryers in this washroom!.
- cheesed off
- Simple past tense and past participle of cheese off
- cheeses off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheese off
- cheesing off
- Present participle of cheese off
- chip off the old block
- Someone who takes after their parent
He’s a chip off the old block for following in his father’s footsteps.
- claw off
- to beat to windward to avoid being driven on th a lee shore
- clear off
- To leave abruptly
- clock off
- to end work
Most of the staff has already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.
- close off
- To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter
The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.
- come off
- To have some success, to succeed
He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.
- come off
- To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.
- come off
- To come away (from a place); to leave
- come off
- To become detached
One of the wagon wheels came off.
- come off
- To have an orgasm
Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity.
- come off it
- An expression of disbelief
Come off it, you can't be serious.
- commercial off-the-shelf
- Systems which are manufactured commercially, and then tailored for specific uses
- cook off
- To cause an accidental detonation of explosives, especially due to excess heat
- cook off
- As with above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates
- cook off
- To accidentally detonate, especially as the result of excess heat
- cook off
- To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing
- cook-off
- Accidental detonation of explosives, especially as the result of excessive heat
- cook-off
- A cooking contest
- cool off
- To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper
At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off.
- cool off
- To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper
The metal will take about 3 hours to cool off after the molding.
- cooling-off period
- A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement, or contract can think things over and cancel with no penalty. This period is often stipulated by national law. In the UK it is currently (2008) 14 days. In many countries it is 10 days
- cop off
- (followed by with) To successfully engage the company of someone, usually of the opposite sex, for a period of time
Who was that bird you copped off with at the pub last night?.
- cordon off
- To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope barrier
- cordoned off
- Simple past tense and past participle of cordon off
- cordoning off
- Present participle of cordon off
- cordons off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cordon off
- cried off
- Simple past tense and past participle of cry off
- cross off
- To finish; to mark something as complete
I can cross off another project from the list.
- cry off
- To cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone
Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.
- crying off
- Present participle of cry off
- cut off
- To end abruptly
My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- cut off
- fuse
A thermal cut-off.
- cut off
- To remove via cutting
- cut off
- To swerve in front of (another car)
- cut off
- To interrupt (someone speaking)
That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my theses.
- cut off
- To isolate or remove from contact
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary
- cut-off
- Alternative spelling of cutoff
- cut-off
- Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end
- cuts off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut off
- cutting off
- Present participle of cut off
- cutting off one's nose to spite one's face
- Present participle of cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- damp off
- To decay and perish through excessive moisture - mostly said of plants
- dance-off
- An informal competition between two dancers who must progressively dance better than their opponent
- dash off
- To write quickly or informally
Let me dash off a quick note.
- dash off
- To leave a place quickly or briefly
I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.
- day off
- a day of vacation; a day when one does not attend work, school etc
Tuesday is my day off.
- days off
- plural form of day off
- do off
- To take off (clothing)
So she laughed, and did off her other raiment, and slid swiftly into the water, that embraced her body in all its fresh kindness .
- doze off
- To fall asleep unintentionally
- drift off
- To fall asleep
He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.
- drift off
- to lose concentration
- drink off
- To drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp
She was older than any two of them combined and looked as if she could drink off a case with one hand and arm-wrestle all three of them with the other.
- drive off
- Alternative spelling of drive-off
- drive off
- To force to leave or go away
- drive-off
- A contest or comparison of cars or drivers
- drive-off
- A place where one can conveniently pull off the road
- drive-off
- The act of leaving a gas station with the hose nozzle still inserted into the gas-tank fill spout
- drive-off
- The act of leaving a gas station without paying after filling the tank
- drop off
- To lessen or reduce
Sales have dropped off in recent months.
- drop off
- To fall asleep
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
- drop off
- To deliver; to deposit or leave
I'll drop off your books when I see you tonight.
- drop off
- To fall
The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.
- drop off the radar
- To vanish or fall into obscurity
Greenbaum didn't dramatically drop off the radar as soon as that song peaked, but kept slogging away for five years with diminishing returns.
- drop the kids off at the pool
- To defecate
- drop-off
- A sudden downward slope
- dropped off
- Simple past tense and past participle of drop off
- dropping off
- Present participle of drop off
- drops off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drop off
- dust off
- To use something after a long time without it
I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.
- dust off
- To remove dust from something
- dusted off
- Simple past tense and past participle of dust off
- dusting off
- Present participle of dust off
- easy as falling off a log
- Very easy
For me, making a meal out of leftovers is as easy as falling off a log.
- eff off
- A censored form of the phrase fuck off
- face off
- To confront someone
- face off
- The starting point, in a match of ice hockey. Two players face each other, for snatching the puck
- face off
- Either an actual or a figurative face to face confrontation, especially a bitter one
- face-off
- The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee
- face-off
- A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.
- fair off
- To clear
They said it was going to fair off later on, but it didn't.
- fall off
- A hip hop term; to completely lose the plot in terms of artistic direction
MC ___'s new album is wack - he's fallen off big-time.
- fall off
- To become detached or to drop from
A button fell off my coat.
- fall off
- To diminish in size or value
Business always falls off in the winter.
- fall off a truck
- Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally
He said he bought it at the markets but I think it fell off a truck.
- fall off the back of a lorry
- Of an item of merchandise, to come into a perons's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally
- fall off the turnip truck
- To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person
Doesn't it strike you as funny that this city, which prides itself on its erudition and sophistication, can oftimes get suckered like a bumpkin who just fell off the turnip truck?.
- fall off the wagon
- To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction
Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting.
- fall-off analysis
- A type of archaeological analysis. Finds are plotted on a map and contoured in relation to the amount of finds
- fallen off
- Past participle of fall off
- falling off
- Present participle of fall off
