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ducking off

ducking off is the present participle of duck off.

Meaning of duck off

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.

Questions about ducking off

What is ducking off the present participle of?
Ducking off is the present participle of duck off.

Words near ducking off in the dictionary

  1. ducking and covering
  2. ducking and diving
  3. ducking coat
  4. ducking coats
  5. ducking down
  6. ducking off
  7. ducking out
  8. ducking stool
  9. ducking stools
  10. duckings
  11. duckish

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