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piped off

piped off is the simple past and past participle of pipe off.

Meaning of pipe off

Verb

pipe off (third-person singular simple present pipes off, present participle piping off, simple past and past participle piped off)

  1. (dated, slang, transitive) To watch (a person or building) for purposes of theft.
    • To put the matter to further test, on the succeeding night other of their men were instructed to "pipe off" the place still more cautiously. But these too were discovered by Miles's vigilant but bogus police, given chase to, and unmercifully clubbed.1900, Allan Pinkerton, Professional Thieves and the Detective

Questions about piped off

What is piped off the simple past and past participle of?
Piped off is the simple past and past participle of pipe off.

Words near piped off in the dictionary

  1. piped down
  2. piped in
  3. piped link
  4. piped links
  5. piped music
  6. piped off
  7. piped one's eye
  8. piped the eye
  9. piped the side
  10. piped up
  11. PIPEDA

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