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shift off

shift off verb: to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

Verb

shift off (third-person singular simple present shifts off, present participle shifting off, simple past and past participle shifted off)

  1. To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

Forms of shift off

third-person singular presentshifts off
present participleshifting off
past participleshifted off
pastshifted off

Questions about shift off

What does shift off mean?
Shift off means to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
What part of speech is shift off?
Shift off is a verb.
What is the past tense of shift off?
The past tense of shift off is shifted off.

Words near shift off in the dictionary

  1. shift leads
  2. shift lever
  3. shift levers
  4. shift lock
  5. shift locks
  6. shift off
  7. shift one's ground
  8. shift one's tides
  9. shift out
  10. shift register
  11. shift registers

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