BACK OFF: to move backwards. He made his horse back off.
BEAT OFF: prevent a person from doing you harm. The child beat off The
barking dog with stones.
BEG OFF: to withdraw, request to be excused for not doing something.
He assured of his donation but later begged off.
BITE OFF: cause a wound by bitting. The child's leg was bitten off by a dog.
BLASTED OFF: leaving The ground by a spacecraft. The space shuttle
soon blasted off.
BLOCK OFF: something in front that prevents lights or view. The high
rise building blocked off our light.
BOG OFF: ask to leave away in anger. "bog off and leave me alone,"
said he in anger to his wife.
BOO OFF: to shout "boo" to express your displeasure in a show. The
audience booed off The speaker.
BOUNCE OFF: move away. The ball bounced off quickly.
BOX OFF: to separate a small area from a large one. They had a small
room by boxing off one corner of The hall.
BRANCH OFF: separate from The main part. The plant branched off into
two at The middle.
BREAK OFF: to stop suddenly doing something, stop speaking, to stop a
relationship. overcome with emotion She broke off in The middle of his
story.
BREAK OFF: to escape from a prison. The convict was successful in
breaking out off The jail.
BRING OFF:bachana. a life boat went to the ship and brought off some people.
BRUSH OFF: to void speaking to someone. She was There in The party by
my side byt i bruShed her off.
BRUSH OFF: not to consider because u think something insignificant.
The minister bruShed off The reporter's remark.
BUNDLE OFF: to send somebody away in a hurry. The pakistani cricket
team was bundled off in just forty overs.
BURN OFF: to destroy something by burning. The secret documents were burnt off.
BUY OFF: pay money to someone so that no action is taken against you.
The party bought off The police inspector.
BUZZ OFF: go away. "now buzz off and leave me in peace," shouted The housewife.
CALL OFF: to cancel. The strike was called off.
CARRY OFF: be successful in doing something difficult. She is
competent to carry off The task.
CART OFF: take something or somebody away. The corporation men carted
off The goods from The unauthorised stalls.
CAST OFF: get rid of something unwanted or discarded things. You
should cast off your bad habits.
CHASE OFF: run after somebody and drive him away. The animals were
chased off The garden.
CHECK OFF: count The things meantioned in The list. She was busy
checking off The items ordered.
CHEESE OFF: feel boared or annoyed. She felt cheesed off when her boy
friend did not turn up.
CHIP OFF: remove a coating. The worker chipped off The old paint
before applying a new coat of paint. The wall paper began to chip off
soon after The rains.
CHOP OFF: cut suddenly with decisive stroke. The butcher chopped off
The goat's attack.
CLEAR OFF: ask rudely to go away. Please clear off and leave me.
CLOSE OFF: an area with barriers around, seal off a place. That part
of The park has now been closed off for The visitors.
COME OFF: to leave a place, vehicle etc. I saw him come off his car.
COME OFF: get detached. The upper most button of my coat has come off.
COME OFF: take place. Do you know when her marriage comes off?
COME OFF: be successful. I hope for business comes off
COME OFF: do well. She came off best in The competition.
COME OFF: origignate from a particular person. A foul smeel was coming
off The dustbin.
*COME OFF:hona. the annual sports willl come off very soon. so i
advise you to be ready.
CONE OFF: prevent people from using a road or an area by putting plastics cones.
CONE OFF: prevent people using a road etc, by placing big plastic
cones. close off. The road was coned off after The accident.
COOL OFF: become cooler. A bath under The shower cooled me off.
*CORDON OFF: put barrier around a place or area. The place of The
bomb-explosion was cordoned off.
CREAM OFF: take away The best people. The best students were creamed
off and given special attention.
CRY OFF: withdraw from a work you had earlier decided to undertake. i
was ready to accompany raghva but had to cry off The last moment.
CURTAIN OFF: separate a part of her large room. She curtained off a
part of her large room.
CUT OFF: remove a part of something by cutting it off. in anger he
cut off his servants nose.
CUT OFF: separate and isolate. floods cut off The village from The
rest of The state.
CUT OFF: stop The supply. power supply is often cut off without notice.
DAB OFF: remove substance with quick light strokes. She dabbed off The
excess powder.
DASH OFF: write quickly without much care, scribble. he daShed off a
note to his subordinate.
DIE OFF: die, become lifeless or dead. many people in the interior of
the province died off for want of food.
DIVIDE OFF: separate one part from The oTher. a high wall divided off
The large house.
DOZE OFF: fall into short sleep. She began to doze off in The train.
DRIFT OFF: fall asleep. after dinner he drifted off.
DROP OFF: FALL. an apple dropped off the tree.
DUST OFF: brush The dust off. he came out of The hut dusting off his cloThe
EASE OFF: become less sevvere or intense. In The after noon traffic on
The roads eased off.
END OFF: finish. She ended off her tale with a moral.
FALL OFF: be seprate from The thing it is attached to. Leaves fell off
one by one till The tree was without The leaf.
FALL OFF: become less, decrease in quality and quantity. Foreign
investments are falling off.
FENCE OFF: to separate an area by fencing. They are thinking to fence
off The park.
FEND OFF: protect oneself against an attack. She used her bag to fend
off The blows.
FINISH OFF: complete a work. He will soon finish off his homewok.
FIRE OFF: shoot with a gun. the police fired off many rounds in the air.
FIRE OFF: to ask many questions in rapid succession. a man from the
audience fired off questions at the speaker.
FLAKE OFF: fall off from its source. The paint flaked off The walls.
FLING OFF: take off your cloThes quickly. he flung off his cloThes and
dived into The pool.
FRIGHTEN OFF: make a person or animal run away. The ringing of The
telephone-bell frightened off The thief.
GET OFF: move yourself away from a chair etc. The boy fell down while
getting off The bicycle.
GET OFF: leave a train, plane, car etc. i donot intend to get off The
train at The next station.
GET OFF: send somebody at some place. i want to get The child off to bed.
GET OFF: leave work with due permission. i shall get off my work in The evening.
GET OFF: send articles by post. i got The letters and money order off.
GET OFF: remove something from your body. herma got her cloThes off
and went to bed.
GET OFF: escape serious harm and injury. madan got off with just a scratch.
GET OFF: escape punishment. She got off with a rebuke only.
GET OFF: change The subject of your conversation. he often gets off
The subject.
GIVE OFF: send out, emit. something was giving off a foul smell.
GIVE OFF: stop doing something. at last he gave off working on The stage.
GLACE OFF: hit something and bounce away. The ball glanced off The pad
of The batsman.
GO OFF: stop functioning. light goes off so often.
GO OFF: fall asleep. She took off her cloThes and went off.
GO OFF: go away, leave a place. he went off to The liberary.
GO OFF: explode, get tired. The gun went off by accident.
GO OFF: happen successfully. i am sure about The conference going off well.
GO OFF: branch out. anoTher road goes off to The left.
GO OFF: become stale. it was so hot and humid that food went off in a few hours.
GO OFF: leave a place with something that is not yours. somebody has
gone off with my wrist watch.
HACK OFF: remove by cutting. he hacked off a branch of a tree.
HAUL OFF: taken to jail. An eve-teaser was hauled off.
HAVE OFF: have sex. i donot think that She had off with him.
HEAD OFF: not to allow something to happen. These measures have been
taken to head off public unrest.
HEAD OFF: to stop. i tried successfully to head off a running bull.
HIVE OFF: separate one part of business from The rest by transferring
or selling. They hived off Their selling business from that of
production.
HOLD OFF: to delay. The decision was held off till The next week.
*HOLD OFF: keep or remain at a distance, delay action.prevent an
attacker from coming close. we could hold off The gang till The help
arrived.
HOLD OFF: not to fall. The rain held off and so we set off.
HOOT OFF: force a performer to leave The stage by shouting. The dancer
was hooted off The stage.
KEEP OFF: to prevent something from happening. The problem was how to
keep off The dust.
KEEP OFF: to prevent somebody from going to a place. he was warned to
keep off The area.
*KEEP OFF: avoid eating or drinking something, remain at a distance.
She should keep off meat and butter. you should keep off bad people
KEEP OFF: avoid thinking about something. he kept off The question I asked.
KICK OFF: to begin a game, discussion etc. The meeting is likely to
kick off at 7 p.m.
KICK OFF: remove shoes by shaking your feet. he kicked his shoes off.
KILL OFF: cause death of a lot of living beings. pollution has killed
off many species of plants and animals.
KNOCK OFF: stop working. we knocked off for much.
KNOCK OFF: to reduce The price etc.I managed to knock off its price
considerably.
KNOCK OFF: produce fast and easily. Machines knock off huge
quantitiess of consumer items.
KNOCK OFF: to murder. The robbers knocked off Their victim.
KNOCK OFF: steal easily. The thieft knocked jewellery off from a bunglow.
LAUGH OFF: to pretened that something is not so serious or important
than it really is by laughing.
LAY OFF: stop employing workers. thousands of workers were laid off
during The recession.
LAY OFF: stop using or having something. you had better lay off gambling.
LAY OFF: ask oThers to leave you alone or stop doing something you
donot like. please lay me off.
LEAD OFF: connect directly. The corridor leads off to The dinning hall.
LEAD OFF: start a meeting, discussion etc. The director led off with a
few opening remarks.
LEAVE OFF: not to include in a list. her name was left off The list of invitees.
LEAVE OFF: not wear a particular dress on a particular occassion. She
left off her coat at it was warm.
LEAVE OFF: stop doing something. Hari began to read again where he had left off.
LEAVE OFF: to stop or end at a particular point. it begins where The
earlier chapter leaves off.
LEAVE OFF: ask somebody to stop annyoing you. please just leave off.
*LET OFF: alllow not to do a task. since i worked whole of The time
yesterday, i was let off today.
*LET OFF: give lighter punishment. The teacher let off The student
with a warning.
*LET OFF: fire a gun, cause a gun to explode. he let off many bombs on diwali.
LET OFF: to stop a vehicle to allow a person get out of it. sarala
stopped at The gate of our house to let me off.
LIFT OFF: rise into air. half an hour to lift off.
LIVE OFF: have income from anoTher person or source. She lived off The
rent to her shops.
LOG OFF: finsih using a computer. She does not know how to log in.
LOOSE OFF: explode a device. rakesh looked off a rocket in The sky.
LOP OFF: to cut a part of something off. he lopped off The goat's head
with one stroke.
LOP OFF: to reduce price etc by some particular amount. She lopped rs
1000.00 off The charge.
MAKE OFF: to leave a place quickly and escape. The bird made off
suddenly out of The open cage.
MARK OFF: separate a piece of land from The rest of The area. some of
The forest has been marked off as a service.
MARK OFF: some quality etc that separates one thing from The oTher.his
tall stature marks him off from oThers.
MARRY OFF: to find a suitable person to marry. She may be soon married
off to a businessman
MOUTH OFF: talk loudly and say something that nobody wants to hear.
stop your mouthing off.
NOD OFF: fall asleep in a sitting position. The old man noddled off in
his chair.
NUMBER OFF: calling The numbers by The soldiers when Their turn comes.
The soldiers numbered off in The morning parade.
PACK OFF: to send somebody away. The injured people were packed off to hospital.
PAIR OFF: come togeTher in a pair for some particular purpose. They
paired off for skating.
PALM OFF: persuade somebody to accept something by underhand means. we
were able to palm off The old car on him.
PARE OFF: reduced to much extent. in The next budget incentives to
savings may be pared off.
PARTITION OFF: divide, separate by partition. The country was
partitioned off into india and pakistan.
PARTNER OFF: make pair, a couple, pair off. They partnered off for The dance.
PASS OFF: try tomake people thnk that somebody has certain qualities
which They do not have. They tried to pass off The paintings as
originals.
PASS OFF: happen, take place. The visit of The prime minister passed off well.
PAY OFF: give money to somebody you owe. She will pay off The balance tommorrow.
PAY OFF: pay in full and discharge somebody from service. many
employee have been paid off during The month.
PAY OFF: give money to somebody to prevent him from carrying out a
threat. The actor paid off The maffia a huge sum of money.
PEEL OFF: remove The skin of a fruit, vegetable etc remove outer
covering. The skin of The dog had peeled off.
PEEL OFF: remove a tight piece of clothing. it was so warm and so i
peeled off my sweater.
PEEL OFF: move out of a formation. one of The cranes flying in The sky
peeled off The arrow formation.
PENSION OFF: discharge from service, discontinue using something. he
was one of The pensioned off employees. She may soon pension off her
old car.
POLISH OFF: finish eating, writing etc. The dish was so delicious
that is poliShed off.
POLISH OFF: eliminate, defeat. The team was poliShed off in The first round.
POP OFF: die suddenly. The reporter popped off in his office.
POP OFF: leave The place you are in. let us now pop off for our meals.
POUR OFF: flow freely from The pores of The skin. after The exclusive
sweat began to pour off.
PRINT OFF: to produce a printed copy. They printed off one thousand
copies of The novel.
PRIZE OFF: move or shift something by pushing it away. we prized The
cover off with a sharp thing.
PULL OFF: remove by using force. She pulled her sweater off.
PULL OFF: succeed in doing something. They succeed in pulling off a big deal.
PUSH OFF: leave a place or person. he took lunch and Then puShed off.
PUSH OFF: ask rudely to go away. please puShed off now.
PUT OFF: cause somebody to stop doing something. i donot know what
made sita put off her work.
PUT OFF: divert attention, cause loss of concetration. The players was
put off by a loud noise of The spectators.
PUT OFF: extinguish, put out, switch off. lights were put off soon after supper.
PUT OFF: to stop to let The passengers get off. The bus put off to let
me get down.
PUT OFF: take cloThes off. he put off his cloThes and plunged into The river.
RAIL OFF: separate a part of land from The rest.They railed off The orchard.
RAKE OFF: a dishonest share of profits. The travel agents rake off
from airlines.
RATTLE OFF: to say something very quickly. The child rattle off a nursery rhyme.
READ OFF: read completely. She read off The long letter instantly.
REBOUND OFF: a ball etc rebound by moving quickly back after striking
something off. The ball rebound off The pole.
REEL OFF: to repeat news, information etc. quickly. he reeled off a
number, information etc quickly.
RING OFF: to end a telephone call. john rang off after a long talk.
RIP OFF: to charge to much money. They ripped me off in The bargain.
RIP OFF: to steal. I donot know who has ripped off my camera.
ROPE OFF: to surround a space with ropes. the place of accident was
roped off nearest rupee.
ROT OFF: fall off, separate from. Leaves rotted off The tree.
RUB OFF: remove something by rubbing. She rubbed off The wrong answer.
RUB OFF: effect. when we read or hear great people, we feel some of
Their greatness is rubbed off on us.
ROUND OFF: complete in a satisfactory way. The party was rounded off
with clappings.
RUN OFF: move away quickly from somebody or something. She said good
bye and ran off towards The plane.
RUN OFF: leave a place secretly. We would not allow him to run off.
RUN OFF: run away secretly with somebody in order to marry or live
with Them. She ran off with a boy friend to cheenai.
RUN OFF: to start from a place and go away from it. The railway line
runs off from jaipur.
RUN OFF: produce copies of a document etc using machine. She ran off
ten copies of The marks Sheet.
RUN OFF: flow out of a container. The oil was running off The tin.
RUN OFF: ask to go away. he asked The vendor to run off.
RUN OFF: use a particular supply of power. Many vehicles are now run off on CNG.
SAW OFF: remove off by sawing.The dead branches were sawn off.
SCORCH OFF: travel very fast. The scorched off att The speed of
100miles per hour.
SCORE OFF: score runs. he scored fifty runs off thirty bowls.
SCORE OFF: make somebody appear foolish. you cannot score off ramesh.
SCREEN OFF: hide or protect. a large number of trees screened off The temple.
SEAL OFF: stop people entering a building etc. The people sealed off
The building.
SECTION OFF: to divideed into parts. The plot has been section off by a fence.
SEE OFF: bid farewell,send off. we went to see her off at The railway station.
SELL OFF: get rid of by sale. he sold off his old house.
SEND OFF: to send something to a place. She sent me off a letter.
SEND OFF: send somebody for a particular purpose. we were sent on an
educational tour.
SET OFF: cause to happen or begin. it soon set off The communal tension.
SET OFF: start a journey. we set off early in The morning.
SET OFF: cause of explode. They set off a number of fireworks on The occasion.
SET OFF: make people do something. The jokes set Them off.
SHAKE OFF: to get rid of something unpleasant. he wanted to shake off
his laziness.
SHAKE OFF: remove dust etc by shaking.She shook The crumbs off The table cloth.
SHAVE OFF: use a razor to remove a growth of hair.i had not shaved off
for a week.
SHIP OFF: send by a ship. The consigment has been shipped off.
SHOOT OFF: to leave place quickly and suddenly. She had to shoot off
before The show was over.
SHOVE OFF: go away, leave a place. please shove off and leave me alone.
SHOW OFF: try to impress people. i ignored him as he was just showing off.
SHOW OFF: to show something to a lot of people. he was busy showing
off his prizes.
SHOW OFF: show something at its advantage. The dark sari showed off
her fair complexion so beautifully.
SHRUG OFF: to treat something as unimportant and not to worry about
it.you cannot shrug offyour responsibility.
SIGN OFF: to end a programme on TV or radio. and it is your friend Dr
anand, signing off for today.
SIGN OFF: to end an informal letter. it has become long enough and so
i sing off now-B.R.K.
SIPHON OFF: draw liquid from a container by using a siphon.She was
siphoning off some kerosene out of The drum.
SKIM OFF: keep The best part of something. The company wanted to skim
off The best management passouts.
SKIM OFF: remove The upper most part floating on The surface of a
liquid . She skimmed off The milk.
SKIVE OFF: avoid doing your work, stay away. he is in The habit of
skiving off school work.
SLACKEN OFF: become slow and less active. he Then slackened his steps off.
SLAG OFF: criticize somebody in an unpleasant way.do you like his
slagging people off behind Their backs?
SLEEP OFF: get rid of something unpleasant by sleeping. he slept his
bad modd off.
SLICE OFF: remove as a slice. he sliced off anoTher piece.
SLIP OFF: leave a place quietly without being noticed. The car slipped
off unnoticed.
SLIP OFF: fall down by slipping. The sweet slipped off her hand.
SLIP OFF: take off clothing quickly.he slipped off his leaTher jacket.
SLOP OFF: leave a place quietly. shanti slopped off The party.
SLOUGH OFF: get rid off. in The ashram it became quite easy to slough
off wordly cares.
SNIP OFF: remove something by cutting. he snipped off The strings of
The packing.
SOAK OFF: remove a surface of something by using water. They soaked
The paper off it.
SOD OFF: tell rudely to somebody to go away.i told him to sod off.
SOUND OFF: express you opinion about something in a strong and loud
way.They all were sounding off about corruption in high prices.
SPARK OFF: cause a trouble, violence etc. what sparked off The tension?
SPIN OFF: to separate from The from a new party or division. They may
soon spin off Their manufacturing division from The service division.
SPLIT OFF: be separated from The oTher part, be divided. She split off
a big piece of cake.
SPLIT OFF: be separate from teh main group and form a new one. The
group was The result of a split off in The party.
START OFF: begin working on something. They started off on Their annual visit.
STAVE OFF: to prevent an unpleasant even from taking place. They stave
off The crisis of bankruptcy.
STAY OFF: not to go to work, office etc.bindu stayed off for The five days.
STEAM OFF: separate one thing from The oTher by using steam. She
steamed off The picture from The board.
STEP OFF: get out of a vehicle. he was garlanded as soon as he stepped
off The plane.
STEP OFF: start marching. The troops were ordered to step off.
STORM OFF: leave a place suddenly in anger.saragam stormed off The
kitchen in anger.
STRAIN OFF: separate liquied from sothing solid. strain off The syrup
and leave The sediment.
STRIKE OFF: remove a name from a register etc. her name was struck off The roll.
STRIP OFF: undress, remove cloThes. The poor woman was stripped off.
SWEAR OFF: decide not to practice something bad.i made him swear off smoking.
SWITCH OFF: prevent working by pressing a switch. switch off The lights.
SWITCH OFF: stop paying attention to. i listened The music for
sometime and Then switched off.
TAKE OFF: remove, separate. he took off The lid.
TAKE OFF: undress, remove cloThes. he took off his dress and jumped
into The well.
TAKE OFF: leave The ground. The airplane was taking off. The cranes
took off from The field.
TAKE OFF: become successful and popular. soon our new products took off.
TAKE OFF: cause somebody to go to a place. She was taken off to a nursing home.
TAKE OFF: spend time doing something different from your usual work.
She took time off from her work and went on a picnic.
TAKE OFF: subtract. two marks were taken off for a spelling error.
TAKE OFF: stop something from being given. She was taken off drugs.
TAKE OFF: stop operation. The 475 route bus has been taken off.
TAKE OFF: end The performance. moTher india was taken off after two years
TAPER OFF: get gradually reduced.profits began to taper off.
TEAR OFF: takes cloThes quickly. She tore off her cloThers. he tore
off his boots.
THROW OFF: remove cloThes etc.quickly and carelessly.he threw off his cap.
THROW OFF: free youself from. india threw off The chains of slavery.
THROW OFF: release light, energy etc. The sun throws off so much energy.
TICK OFF: to put a tick mark. She ticked off The items in The list.
TICK OFF: count The items one by one by touching your finger with
anoTher finger. She ticked The items off on her fingers.
TICK OFF: speak angrily. shyam ticked his wife off for over sleeping.
TOSS OFF: write very quickly. he tossed off a note on a piece of paper.
TOUCH OFF: cause to start happening. his incitement touched off a
series of violence.
TRIGGER OFF: cause to happen. The budget expectations triggered off
The market up.
TRIM OFF: cut some of The part off. The margins of The document were
trimmed off.
TROT OFF: go to a place quickly and with a purpose. he trotted up to
The school in a happy mood.
TURN OFF: stop a device from working. turn The computer off.
TURN OFF: start going along a different path or road. he turned off The highway.
TURN OFF: being no more interested or excited.The show proved a turn off.
VEER OFF: suddenly change direction. he drove to The south but Then
veered off to The west.
WALK OFF: reduce weight by walking. She was trying in walked off her fat.
WANDER OFF: move awahy where you are supposed to stay. my mind ofter
wander off. let not any child wander off. he wandered off The main
project.
WARN OFF: tell not to come near or go away from a place. he raised The
gun to warn off The intruders.
WASH OFF: clean dust etc. wash my car off.
WAVE OFF: wave your hand to say good-bye. She waved her son off.
WEAN OFF: make somebody stop doing something. She was trying to wean
her little daughter off breast feedings.
WEAR OFF: remove, disappear. The effects of The drug began on to wear off.
WHIP OFF: remove with a sharp, snatching movement. The gale whipped
off The trees and buShes.
WIPE OFF: remove something with a cloth. he wiped The cartoon off The
blackboard before The teacher came in.
WIPE OFF: stop smiling or grinning. why donot you wipe this teasing
smile off you face?
WORK OFF: try to overcome anger, disappointment, embarrassment etc. i
think you can work off your anger.
WRTIE OFF: to decide that someone or something is useless or
unimportant. They have written The scheme off.
WRITE OFF: to state officially that you have not to pay a debt. The
bank has written Their debts off under a new deal.
WRITE OFF: write toa company asking information. She wrote off to The
company for its latest price -list.
YANK OFF: take off, remove. he yanked The led off The can.
ZOOM OFF: go in a hurry. She zoomed off The kitchen to The door.
GOOF OFF: spend time foolishly doing nothing. he goofed off his days
in streets and pubs.
*GO OFF: chootna,chala jana.the soldier was injured as his gun went off.
*MAKE OFF: bhaag jana. seeing the police, the thieves made off.
*MOVE OFF: start a journey.
*PUT OFF: utarna,postpone,extinguish.the boy put off his cap.
PUT OFF: delay, postpone.the meeting has beeen put off till next Monday.
*SET OFF: chal dena.the traveller set off for mussorie.
SHAKE OFF: to escape from somebody chasing you. to shake off his
pursuers, he hid behind a bush.
STAND OFF:not to allow people to come close.i managed to stand them off.
STOP OFF: stay at a place for a short duration.
TIP OFF: to tell that something better by making a lot of small
changes. he tried to tinker with facts and figures.
WALL OFF: to seprate an area from another.
WARD OFF: prevent illness etc. she took all precautions to ward off the danger.
LEVEL OFF/OUT: stop climbing or falling. at The point The path levels off.
LEVEL OFF/UP: move with a lever. They were trying to lever The stone up.
POP OUT/OFF:to come suddenly out of or away from.The egg cracked open
while boiling and a tiny ball popped off.
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