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off the horn

off the horn prepositional phrase: used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (humorous) Used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.
    • […] the butcher's joint of beef was undoubtedly a cut off the horn.1955, Helen Ostler Wilson, Land of My Children, page 5

Questions about off the horn

What does off the horn mean?
Off the horn means used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.
What part of speech is off the horn?
Off the horn is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the horn in the dictionary

  1. off the hinges
  2. off the hizzle
  3. off the hizzy
  4. off the hook
  5. off the hooks
  6. off the horn
  7. off the lay
  8. off the mark
  9. off the market
  10. off the nut
  11. off the plan

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