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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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blow off steamTo rant or shout in order to relieve stress; to vent.Rate it:

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fly off the handlegetting angry for a small little thingRate it:

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fly off the handleTo become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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rip offTo pull off by ripping.Rate it:

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fire offTo write a note or letter quickly.Rate it:

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key offTo take as a controlling input datum.Rate it:

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lay offFrom employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package.Rate it:

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spark offTo initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.Rate it:

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fend offAway; to turn away; to defend against; to repel with force or effort.Rate it:

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take offTo absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.Rate it:

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drink offTo drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp.Rate it:

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auction offTo sell something at an auction.Rate it:

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back offTo move backwards away from something.Rate it:

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back offTo become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.Rate it:

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bear offTo remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.Rate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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blush is off the roseAlternative form of bloom is off the roseRate it:

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buck offTo cause to fall off.Rate it:

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bug offUsed to tell somebody to leave them alone.Rate it:

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bugger offAn expression of disagreement or disbelief.Rate it:

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bump offTo kill, especially to murder.Rate it:

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buzz offUsed to tell someone to go away.Rate it:

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cast offTo finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.Rate it:

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cast offTo discard or reject something.Rate it:

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charge offA write-off.Rate it:

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close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.Rate it:

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come offTo become detached.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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cross offTo strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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cut offTo isolate or remove from contact.Rate it:

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dash offTo write quickly or informally.Rate it:

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drive offTo force to leave or go away.Rate it:

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face offEither an actual or a figurative face to face confrontation, especially a bitter one.Rate it:

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fuck offUsed other than as an idiom: see fuck, off.Rate it:

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go offTo explode.Rate it:

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go offTo depart; to leave.Rate it:

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hack offTo annoyRate it:

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kick offTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.Rate it:

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kill offTo eliminate, or make extinct.Rate it:

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look offTo put off by one's facial expression.Rate it:

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make offTo run away; to exit.Rate it:

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make off withTo steal something and run.Rate it:

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off one's dotOff one's rocker; bananas; mad.Rate it:

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off the railsInsane.Rate it:

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palm offTo attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.Rate it:

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pass offTo misrepresent something.Rate it:

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pass offTo happen.Rate it:

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pick up where you left offto start up again in the very place that one has stopped.Rate it:

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