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sloughs off

sloughs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 sloughs off

What is sloughs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sloughs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slough off.

Words near sloughs off in the dictionary

  1. sloughis
  2. sloughland
  3. sloughlands
  4. sloughs
  5. sloughs of despond
  6. sloughs off
  7. sloughy
  8. slounge
  9. slounged
  10. slounges
  11. slounging

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