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off-roll

off-roll verb: to remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.

Verb

off-roll (third-person singular simple present off-rolls, present participle off-rolling, simple past and past participle off-rolled)

  1. (UK, transitive) To remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.

Forms of off-roll

third-person singular presentoff-rolls
present participleoff-rolling
past participleoff-rolled
pastoff-rolled

Questions about off-roll

What does off-roll mean?
Off-roll means to remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.
What part of speech is off-roll?
Off-roll is a verb.
What is the past tense of off-roll?
The past tense of off-roll is off-rolled.

Words near off-roll in the dictionary

  1. off-roaded
  2. off-roader
  3. off-roaders
  4. off-roading
  5. off-roads
  6. off-roll
  7. off-rolled
  8. off-rolling
  9. off-rolls
  10. off-sale
  11. off-screen

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