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mugging off

mugging off is the present participle and gerund of mug off.

Meaning of mug off

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).

Questions about mugging off

What is mugging off the present participle and gerund of?
Mugging off is the present participle and gerund of mug off.

Words near mugging off in the dictionary

  1. muggies
  2. muggiest
  3. muggily
  4. mugginess
  5. mugging
  6. mugging off
  7. mugging up
  8. muggings
  9. muggins
  10. mugginsed
  11. mugginses

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