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doing off

doing off is the present participle and gerund of do off.

Meaning of do off

Verb

do off (third-person singular simple present does off, present participle doing off, simple past did off, past participle done off)

  1. (obsolete) To take off (clothing).
    • Than seyde Sir Trystram, ‘I requyre you, do of your helmys, that I may se you.’1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X
  2. (slang) To kill, to bump off

Questions about doing off

What is doing off the present participle and gerund of?
Doing off is the present participle and gerund of do off.

Words near doing off in the dictionary

  1. doing justice
  2. doing lunch
  3. doing more harm than good
  4. doing nothing
  5. doing numbers
  6. doing off
  7. doing one's bit
  8. doing one's business
  9. doing one's damnedest
  10. doing one's darnedest
  11. doing one's duty

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