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sloughed off

sloughed off is the simple past and past participle of slough off.

Meaning of slough off

Verb

slough off (third-person singular simple present sloughs off, present participle sloughing off, simple past and past participle sloughed off)

  1. (transitive) To discard something useless or unwanted.

Questions about sloughed off

What is sloughed off the simple past and past participle of?
Sloughed off is the simple past and past participle of slough off.

Words near sloughed off in the dictionary

  1. slough sharks
  2. slough thistle
  3. sloughable
  4. sloughage
  5. sloughed
  6. sloughed off
  7. sloughgrass
  8. sloughgrasses
  9. sloughi
  10. sloughiness
  11. sloughing

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