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weighs off

weighs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 weighs off

What is weighs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Weighs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of weigh off.

Words near weighs off in the dictionary

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

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