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brass off

brass off verb: to shoot someone or something.

Verb

brass off (third-person singular simple present brasses off, present participle brassing off, simple past and past participle brassed off)

  1. (dated, intransitive, slang) To shoot someone or something.
  2. (transitive) To insult, criticize or scold (someone).

Forms of brass off

third-person singular presentbrasses off
present participlebrassing off
past participlebrassed off
pastbrassed off

Questions about brass off

What does brass off mean?
Brass off means to shoot someone or something.
What part of speech is brass off?
Brass off is a verb.
What is the past tense of brass off?
The past tense of brass off is brassed off.

Words near brass off in the dictionary

  1. brass monkeys
  2. brass nail
  3. brass nails
  4. brass neck
  5. brass necks
  6. brass off
  7. brass out
  8. brass ovaries
  9. brass pounder
  10. brass pounders
  11. brass rat

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