off
verb/ɒf/
/ɔːf/
(informal, especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they off | /ɒf/ /ɔːf/ |
| he / she / it offs | /ɒfs/ /ɔːfs/ |
| past simple offed | /ɒft/ /ɔːft/ |
| past participle offed | /ɒft/ /ɔːft/ |
| -ing form offing | /ˈɒfɪŋ/ /ˈɔːfɪŋ/ |
- off somebody to kill somebodyWord OriginOld English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of ‘of’ and ‘off’).
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