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Meaning
Adv
●
In a
direction
away
from the
speaker
or other
reference
point.
●
Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
●
So
as to
remove
or
separate
, or be
removed
or
separate
d.
●
In Theater:
Offstage.
●
Used in various other ways specific to individual
idiomatic
phrases
, e.g.
bring off
,
show off
,
put off
,
tell off
, etc. See the
entry
for the individual phrase.
Adj
●
In Murder:
Inoperative, disabled.
●
Cancelled; not happening.
●
Not
fitted
; not being worn.
●
Rancid,
rotten
,
gone
bad.
●
In Australian English:
Disgusting,
repulsive
, abhorrent.
●
Less than
normal
, in
temperament
or in result.
●
Inappropriate; untoward.
●
Circumstanced.
●
Started on the way.
●
Far; off to the side.
●
Designating a time when one is not
strictly
attentive
to business or
affairs
, or is
absent
from a
post
, and, hence, a time when
affairs
are not urgent.
●
Designating a time when one is not
performing
to the
best of
one's
abilities.
●
Presently unavailable.
●
In British English:
On the
side
furthest from the
kerb
(the
right-hand
side
if one
drives
on the left).
●
In Cricket:
In, or towards the
half
of the
field
away
from the batsman's
legs
; the
right side
for a
right-handed
batsman.
Prep
●
Not
positioned
upon, or
away
from a
position
upon.
●
Detached,
separated
,
excluded
or
disconnected
from;
away
from a
position
of
attachment
or
connection
to.
●
Used to
indicate
the
location
or
direction
of one
thing
relative
to another,
implying
adjacency
or
accessibility
via.
●
Used to
express
location
at sea
relative
to
land
or mainland.
●
Removed or
subtracted
from.
●
No
longer
wanting
or taking.
●
Out of the
possession
of.
●
In Engineering:
Placed after a number (of products or
parts
,
as if
a
unit
), in
commerce
or engineering.
Verb
●
In Murder:
To kill.
●
In Nigerian English, Philippine English & Singapore English:
To
switch
off.
Noun
●
Beginning;
starting
point.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Away
Out
Offn
Take
Bad
Kill
Antonyms
In
On
Fresh
Near
Leg
Related
Down
Up
Move
Timer
Apart
Over
Switch
In
Outs
Break
Pass
Back
Toggle
Decision
Hold
Swing
Tip
Unequal
Through
Slip
Charge
Pay
Alarm
Idle
Closed
Kick
Empty
Stick
Shutdown
Motor
Shot
Unstable
Close
Weak
Deal
Loose
Call
Dead
Dimmed
Inactive
Paid
Near
Bump
Affair
Strike
Reset
Alert
Split
Downs
Relay
Active
Outage
Bet
Out Of
Power Supply
Pick Up
More
Rhymes
Orf
Off
Smof
Gawf
Smof
Orfe
Rouf
Doff
Boff
Coif
Goff
Swarf
Scoff
Quaff
Cough
Snough
Trough
Playoff
Rolloff
Mazel Tov
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