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mug off

mug off verb: to cheat, swindle, dupe (someone).

Verb

mug off (third-person singular simple present mugs off, present participle mugging off, simple past and past participle mugged off)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, dupe (someone).
  2. (US, slang, transitive) To verbally abuse or insult (someone).

Forms of mug off

third-person singular presentmugs off
present participlemugging off
past participlemugged off
pastmugged off

Questions about mug off

What does mug off mean?
Mug off means to cheat, swindle, dupe (someone).
What part of speech is mug off?
Mug off is a verb.
What is the past tense of mug off?
The past tense of mug off is mugged off.

Words near mug off in the dictionary

  1. mug
  2. mug book
  3. mug books
  4. mug cake
  5. mug cakes
  6. mug off
  7. mug shot
  8. mug shots
  9. mug shotted
  10. mug up
  11. mug's game

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