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pipes off

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

What is pipes off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pipes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipe off.

Words near pipes off in the dictionary

  1. pipes
  2. pipes down
  3. pipes in
  4. pipes of Pan
  5. pipes of peace
  6. pipes off
  7. pipes one's eye
  8. pipes the eye
  9. pipes the side
  10. pipes up
  11. Pipeses

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