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posted off

posted off is the simple past and past participle of post off.

Meaning of post off

Verb

post off (third-person singular simple present posts off, present participle posting off, simple past and past participle posted off)

  1. To send away through the postal service; to mail.
  2. (Early, Modern, archaic) To put off; to delay.
    • A second vse hence we should make, is for reproofe of many, who post off the time of the Lords offer, till age, sicknes, death: of these there are specially two sorts.1608 June 12, Thomas Hopkins, Two Sermons Vpon the XII. Chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes […], published 1609, page 63

Questions about posted off

What is posted off the simple past and past participle of?
Posted off is the simple past and past participle of post off.

Words near posted off in the dictionary

  1. postearthquake
  2. posteas
  3. posteclipse
  4. posteclosion
  5. posted
  6. posted off
  7. posted price
  8. posted prices
  9. posted the coal
  10. posted up
  11. postedit

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