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weighing off

weighing off is the present participle and gerund 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 weighing off

What is weighing off the present participle and gerund of?
Weighing off is the present participle and gerund of weigh off.

Words near weighing off in the dictionary

  1. weighing funnels
  2. weighing in
  3. weighing in the balance
  4. weighing machine
  5. weighing machines
  6. weighing off
  7. weighing on
  8. weighing one's words
  9. weighing out
  10. weighing scales
  11. weighing up

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