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life off

life off verb: to sentence (someone) to life imprisonment.

Verb

life off (third-person singular simple present lifes off, present participle lifing off, simple past and past participle lifed off)

  1. (UK, slang) To sentence (someone) to life imprisonment.
    • (As Mark Twain said, "Most of us can run pretty well all day long on one compliment.") By talking candidly about the problems of adolescence or the vagaries of the parent-child relationship, some high school coaches extend their reach to life off the court.2012, Bill Bradley, Values of the Game, RosettaBooks, →ISBN

Forms of life off

third-person singular presentlifes off
present participlelifing off
past participlelifed off
pastlifed off

Questions about life off

What does life off mean?
Life off means to sentence (someone) to life imprisonment.
What part of speech is life off?
Life off is a verb.
What is the past tense of life off?
The past tense of life off is lifed off.

Words near life off in the dictionary

  1. life of its own
  2. life of O'Reilly
  3. life of Reilly
  4. life of Riley
  5. life of the party
  6. life off
  7. life or death
  8. life partner
  9. life partners
  10. life path
  11. life paths

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