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wean off

wean off verb: to get (someone) off (an addiction), to rid (someone) of a habit.

Verb

wean off (third-person singular simple present weans off, present participle weaning off, simple past and past participle weaned off)

  1. (ditransitive) to get (someone) off (an addiction), to rid (someone) of a habit

Forms of wean off

third-person singular presentweans off
present participleweaning off
past participleweaned off
pastweaned off

Questions about wean off

What does wean off mean?
Wean off means to get (someone) off (an addiction), to rid (someone) of a habit.
What part of speech is wean off?
Wean off is a verb.
What is the past tense of wean off?
The past tense of wean off is weaned off.

Words near wean off in the dictionary

  1. wealthy
  2. wealthyish
  3. Wealthys
  4. wealy
  5. wean
  6. wean off
  7. weanable
  8. weaned
  9. weaned off
  10. weanedness
  11. weanel

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