screwing off

Verb

screw off (third-person singular simple present screws off, present participle screwing off, simple past and past participle screwed off)

1. To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
   • Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.2004, Cathy Myata, Speaking rules!: Games and activities for creating effective speakers, presenters and storytellers, page 52
2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To fail to do one's work; to goof off.
   • When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.
3. (colloquial, idiomatic) To leave; to bugger off.
   • I finished the work early so I screwed off.

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