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weighed off

weighed off is the simple past and past participle of weigh off.

Meaning of weigh off

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

Questions about weighed off

What is weighed off the simple past and past participle of?
Weighed off is the simple past and past participle of weigh off.

Words near weighed off in the dictionary

  1. weighed against
  2. weighed anchor
  3. weighed down
  4. weighed in
  5. weighed in the balance
  6. weighed off
  7. weighed on
  8. weighed one's words
  9. weighed out
  10. weighed up
  11. Weighell

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