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field off

field off verb: to defend against or reflect away blows, shots, etc; to fend off.

Verb

field off (third-person singular simple present fields off, present participle fielding off, simple past and past participle fielded off)

  1. (informal, transitive) To defend against or reflect away blows, shots, etc; to fend off.
    • She fielded off all of their shots.

Forms of field off

third-person singular presentfields off
present participlefielding off
past participlefielded off
pastfielded off

Questions about field off

What does field off mean?
Field off means to defend against or reflect away blows, shots, etc; to fend off.
What part of speech is field off?
Field off is a verb.
What is the past tense of field off?
The past tense of field off is fielded off.

Words near field off in the dictionary

  1. field of quotients
  2. field of scalars
  3. field of study
  4. field of view
  5. field of vision
  6. field off
  7. field officer
  8. field officers
  9. field out
  10. field painter
  11. field painters

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