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pissing off

pissing off is the present participle and gerund of piss off.

Meaning of piss off

Verb

piss off (third-person singular simple present pisses off, present participle pissing off, simple past and past participle pissed off)

  1. (Commonwealth, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar) To leave, to go away.
    • They've pissed off and left us in the lurch!
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive, vulgar) To annoy, anger.
    • What really pisses me off about my job is that I have to get up at six o'clock.

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Questions about pissing off

What is pissing off the present participle and gerund of?
Pissing off is the present participle and gerund of piss off.

Words near pissing off in the dictionary

  1. pissing like a Russian racehorse
  2. pissing match
  3. pissing matches
  4. pissing money up the wall
  5. pissing more than one drinks
  6. pissing off
  7. pissing on
  8. pissing on from a great height
  9. pissing on someone's bonfire
  10. pissing on someone's campfire
  11. pissing on someone's Cheerios

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