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pinched off

pinched off is the simple past and past participle of pinch off.

Meaning of pinch off

Verb

pinch off (third-person singular simple present pinches off, present participle pinching off, simple past and past participle pinched off)

  1. To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
    • Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 18

Questions about pinched off

What is pinched off the simple past and past participle of?
Pinched off is the simple past and past participle of pinch off.

Words near pinched off in the dictionary

  1. pincheck
  2. pinchecks
  3. pinched
  4. pinched a loaf
  5. pinched at
  6. pinched off
  7. pinched one off
  8. pinched out
  9. pinchedly
  10. pinchedness
  11. Pinchefsky

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