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nick off

nick off verb: to leave, especially in a hurry.

Verb

nick off (third-person singular simple present nicks off, present participle nicking off, simple past and past participle nicked off)

  1. (Australia, UK, slang) To leave, especially in a hurry.
    • ‘I got somethin ta tell ya. Young Trilby's knicked off.’1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 338
    • I'm in for the strap tomorrow anyway when Dickie sees my sums. Got to nick off now.1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 64

Interjection

  1. (Australia, UK) Go away; get lost.

Forms of nick off

third-person singular presentnicks off
present participlenicking off
past participlenicked off
pastnicked off
alternative formknick off

Questions about nick off

What does nick off mean?
Nick off means to leave, especially in a hurry.
What part of speech is nick off?
Nick off can be a verb or an interjection.
What is the past tense of nick off?
The past tense of nick off is nicked off.

Words near nick off in the dictionary

  1. nick
  2. Nick & Nora
  3. Nick & Noras
  4. Nick and Nora
  5. nick of time
  6. nick off
  7. nick or nothing
  8. nick point
  9. nick points
  10. nick translation
  11. nick up

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