All off synonyms
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O o verb off
- deracinate β to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- offed β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- deep-six β To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- shoot down β the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- garroted β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- dust off β earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- murder β Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- rub off β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- blow away β If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- washed out β capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- x out β to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out): to x out an error.
- nixing β nothing.
- cancel β If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- offing β the state or fact of being off.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- put to death β the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- weed out β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- whacking β large.
- obliterate β to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- wash out β to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
noun off
- one-way ticket β transport: single-journey fare
- the works β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- terrorism β the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
- assassination β to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
- the business β If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
adverb off
- apart β When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- away β If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- ahead β Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
- aside β If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- below β If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
- elsewhere β In, at, or to some other place or other places.
- far β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- out β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- over β above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- disappearing β Present participle of disappear.
- removed β remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
- above β If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
- afar β Afar means a long way away.
- behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- beneath β Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing.
- beside β Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.
- divergent β diverging; differing; deviating.
- up front β of or relating to the front.
interjection off
- begone β go away!