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doss off

doss off verb: to avoid something, especially work, out of laziness.

Verb

doss off (third-person singular simple present dosses off, present participle dossing off, simple past and past participle dossed off)

  1. To avoid something, especially work, out of laziness.

Forms of doss off

third-person singular presentdosses off
present participledossing off
past participledossed off
pastdossed off

Questions about doss off

What does doss off mean?
Doss off means to avoid something, especially work, out of laziness.
What part of speech is doss off?
Doss off is a verb.
What is the past tense of doss off?
The past tense of doss off is dossed off.

Words near doss off in the dictionary

  1. doss about
  2. doss around
  3. doss down
  4. doss house
  5. doss houses
  6. doss off
  7. doss out
  8. doss-house
  9. doss-houses
  10. dossal
  11. dossals

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