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corks off

corks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cork off.

Meaning of cork off

Verb

cork off (third-person singular simple present corks off, present participle corking off, simple past and past participle corked off)

  1. (US, slang) To fall asleep.
    • ‘I'm going to sleep on the major's bed,’ Bonello said. ‘I'm going to sleep where the old man corks off.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 183

Questions about corks off

What is corks off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Corks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cork off.

Words near corks off in the dictionary

  1. Corkonians
  2. Corkran
  3. Corkrans
  4. corks
  5. corks it
  6. corks off
  7. corks out
  8. corks up
  9. corkscrew
  10. corkscrew flower
  11. corkscrew flowers

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