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score offTo delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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score offUsed other than as an idiom: see score, off. To score from.Rate it:

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score offTo defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).Rate it:

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scrape offTo remove something by a scraping action.Rate it:

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Scrape the Bottle of the BarrelTo make use of something from leftover and off cuts. To be left to choose from scrap or residueRate it:

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scream one's head offTo scream out to one's full capacityRate it:

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screw offTo fail to do one's work; to goof off.Rate it:

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screw offTo go away at someone's urging; to bugger off.Rate it:

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screw offTo remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.Rate it:

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screw offTo urge someone to leave.Rate it:

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screw-offSomeone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.Rate it:

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screw-offThe ability to be removed by unscrewing (screwing off)Rate it:

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se dresser sur ses ergotsTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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se tenir sur son quant-à-soiTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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seal offto physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing human passageRate it:

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securi percutere, ferire aliquemto execute a person, cut off his head.Rate it:

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see offTo accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.Rate it:

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see offTo defeat.Rate it:

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sell offTo sell asset for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.Rate it:

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send offdismiss from playRate it:

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send outA send off; a farewell celebration.Rate it:

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send somebody packingTo expel or eject somebody; to chase off or force out.Rate it:

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send someone packingTo expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out.Rate it:

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sententiam ferre, dicere (Off. 3. 16. 66)to give sentence (of the judge, cf. sect. VI. 4, note Not...).Rate it:

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servitutem exuere (Liv. 34. 7)to shake off the yoke of slavery.Rate it:

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set offTo begin; to cause; to initiate.Rate it:

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set offTo cause to explode.Rate it:

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set offTo count an addition in one thing against a reduction in something else.Rate it:

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set offTo leave; to begin a journey or trip.Rate it:

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setting offbeginning a journeyRate it:

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shake it offforget about it; let it go; the process of getting over an upset or bad feeling about somethingRate it:

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shake offTo remove by shaking.Rate it:

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shake offTo dissociate oneself from.Rate it:

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shake offTo lose someone who is tracking youRate it:

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shake offTo rid oneself of a malady or its symptomsRate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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shift offTo delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.Rate it:

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shit offannoyRate it:

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shit offfuck offRate it:

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shit offTo ask someone to leave angrily.Rate it:

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shit or get off the canAlternative form of shit or get off the pot.Rate it:

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shit or get off the potTo choose between taking action now, or foregoing the opportunity until a later date.Rate it:

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shoot offUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see shoot,‎ off.Rate it:

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shoot offTo leave quicklyRate it:

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shoot offTo do quickly, and without hesitation or forethought.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthDon't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthTo boast, or brag, or talk too much.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthTo disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.Rate it:

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shoot one's mouth offTo make reckless or exaggerated statements.Rate it:

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shove offTo leaveRate it:

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