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cue off

cue off verb: to cause (an emotional reaction); to take as a starting point.

Verb

cue off (third-person singular simple present cues off, present participle cuing off or cueing off, simple past and past participle cued off)

  1. (transitive) To cause (an emotional reaction); to take as a starting point.
    • The sight cued off a panic attack.
    • I came up with questions for the interview by cueing off the things you wrote in your book.

Forms of cue off

third-person singular presentcues off
present participlecuing off
present participlecueing off
past participlecued off
pastcued off

Questions about cue off

What does cue off mean?
Cue off means to cause (an emotional reaction); to take as a starting point.
What part of speech is cue off?
Cue off is a verb.
What is the past tense of cue off?
The past tense of cue off is cued off.

Words near cue off in the dictionary

  1. cue game
  2. cue games
  3. cue in
  4. cue mark
  5. cue marks
  6. cue off
  7. cue sheet
  8. cue sheets
  9. cue sport
  10. cue sports
  11. cue up

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