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rack off

rack off verb: to go away; to sod off.

Verb

rack off (third-person singular simple present racks off, present participle racking off, simple past and past participle racked off)

  1. (Australia, imperative, informal, often) To go away; to sod off.
    • The gorgeous mad Argentinian who came flying in like a whirlwind before racking off until the next day told me that my face is Argentinian. I hope that′s good.2002, Lydia Laube, Llama for Lunch, published 2010, unnumbered page
    • He came back at me with more trash talk and I said, ‘Rack off, mate. If you can′t talk sensibly to me, then scram.’2005, Dan Crowley, Undercover Prop, page 164
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rack, off.
    • They do not, however, make use of their cider-spirit till they have racked off their cider, about the first of January.1824, Thomas Greene Fessenden, The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 89

Synonyms of rack off

Forms of rack off

third-person singular presentracks off
present participleracking off
past participleracked off
pastracked off

Words formed from rack off

Questions about rack off

What does rack off mean?
Rack off means to go away; to sod off.
What part of speech is rack off?
Rack off is a verb.
What is the past tense of rack off?
The past tense of rack off is racked off.

Words near rack off in the dictionary

  1. rack block
  2. rack blocks
  3. rack in
  4. rack jobber
  5. rack jobbers
  6. rack off
  7. rack off, hairy legs
  8. rack one's brain
  9. rack one's brains
  10. rack out
  11. rack railway

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