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pinching off

pinching off is the present participle and gerund 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 pinching off

What is pinching off the present participle and gerund of?
Pinching off is the present participle and gerund of pinch off.

Words near pinching off in the dictionary

  1. pinchily
  2. pinchin'
  3. pinching
  4. pinching a loaf
  5. pinching at
  6. pinching off
  7. pinching one off
  8. pinching out
  9. pinching pennies
  10. pinchingly
  11. pinchings

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