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pinches off

pinches off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pinches off

What is pinches off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pinches off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pinch off.

Words near pinches off in the dictionary

  1. pinchers
  2. pinches
  3. pinches a loaf
  4. pinches at
  5. pinches of salt
  6. pinches off
  7. pinches one off
  8. pinches out
  9. pinchfist
  10. pinchfisted
  11. pinchfists

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