torque off
torque off verb: to annoy, distress, or anger.
Verb
torque off (third-person singular simple present torques off, present participle torquing off, simple past and past participle torqued off)
- To annoy, distress, or anger.
- It is hard to remember a talented player who so comprehensively bothered, annoyed, outraged and just plain torqued off the customers quite like Owens.2004 March 5, Ray Ratto, “Better off, but at what price?”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2005
Synonyms of torque off
Forms of torque off
| third-person singular present | torques off |
|---|---|
| present participle | torquing off |
| past participle | torqued off |
| past | torqued off |
Origin of torque off
Possibly an alteration of tick off. Metaphorical use of mechanical verbs (including torque, jack, and grind) with people and their emotions as the direct object is also seen elsewhere, as with for example torque up, grind one's gears, and jacked up.
Questions about torque off
- What does torque off mean?
- Torque off means to annoy, distress, or anger.
- What part of speech is torque off?
- Torque off is a verb.
- What is the past tense of torque off?
- The past tense of torque off is torqued off.
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