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weigh off

weigh off verb: to sentence (a prisoner).

Verb

weigh off (third-person singular simple present weighs off, present participle weighing off, simple past and past participle weighed off)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To sentence (a prisoner).
    • If he is a prisoner from one of the Higher Courts he will probably arrive some time after 5 p.m.; if he has been 'weighed off' at 'the Bailey' or London Sessions he will probably come in a police van […]2013, Terence Morris, Pauline Morris, Pentonville: A Sociological Study of an English Prison, page 102

Forms of weigh off

third-person singular presentweighs off
present participleweighing off
past participleweighed off
pastweighed off

Questions about weigh off

What does weigh off mean?
Weigh off means to sentence (a prisoner).
What part of speech is weigh off?
Weigh off is a verb.
What is the past tense of weigh off?
The past tense of weigh off is weighed off.

Words near weigh off in the dictionary

  1. weigh enough
  2. weigh house
  3. weigh houses
  4. weigh in
  5. weigh in the balance
  6. weigh off
  7. weigh on
  8. weigh one's words
  9. weigh out
  10. weigh station
  11. weigh stations

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