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duck off

duck off verb: to lie low; to hide.

Verb

duck off (third-person singular simple present ducks off, present participle ducking off, simple past and past participle ducked off)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive) To lie low; to hide.
  2. (idiomatic, slang, transitive) To leave or exit quickly.

Forms of duck off

third-person singular presentducks off
present participleducking off
past participleducked off
pastducked off

Origin of duck off

From duck + off.

Words formed from duck off

Questions about duck off

What does duck off mean?
Duck off means to lie low; to hide.
What part of speech is duck off?
Duck off is a verb.
What is the past tense of duck off?
The past tense of duck off is ducked off.

Words near duck off in the dictionary

  1. duck hawk
  2. duck hawks
  3. duck itch
  4. duck mole
  5. duck moles
  6. duck off
  7. duck on a rock
  8. duck on drake
  9. duck on the rock
  10. duck or no dinner
  11. duck orchid

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