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off(2) (iou)



off verb. ME.
[from the adverb, with ellipsis of a verb: inflected forms rare before 19.]
I. verb intrans. non-standard & joc. exc. in imper.
Foll. by with: take off, chop off, remove. ME.
K. Grahame When the Queen said 'Off with his head!' she'd have offed with your head.
Come off, be taken off. LME.
Go off, make off, leave. E17.
Listener He ups and offs from wife, job, kids.
II. verb trans.
Put off; defer. Only in M17.
Take off, remove; eat off, swallow. rare. L19.
Kill. slang (orig. US Black English). M20.
S. Paretsky She might off a cop, but she wouldn't shoot her boyfriend.