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ab off

ab off verb: to abseil down a mountain.

Verb

ab off (third-person singular simple present abs off, present participle abbing off, simple past and past participle abbed off)

  1. (British, English, slang, transitive) To abseil down a mountain.
    • Every one's up on a crag where he'd got stuck and had to ab off.1995, Matt Sarnet, Climbing: Issues 151-153, page 93
    • Two of them abbed off to leave enough for the other two.2009, Andrew Grieg, Summit Fever
    Synonyms:
    rap down

Synonyms of ab off

Forms of ab off

third-person singular presentabs off
present participleabbing off
past participleabbed off
pastabbed off

Origin of ab off

Shortening of abseil + off.

Questions about ab off

What does ab off mean?
Ab off means to abseil down a mountain.
What part of speech is ab off?
Ab off is a verb.
What is the past tense of ab off?
The past tense of ab off is abbed off.

Words near ab off in the dictionary

  1. ab intestato
  2. ab intra
  3. ab invito
  4. Ab Kettleby
  5. AB language
  6. ab off
  7. ab origine
  8. ab ovo
  9. ab roller
  10. ab roller wheel
  11. ab roller wheels

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