off with sth
Definition
› used as a way of ordering someone to remove something: Off with his head! Off with your jacket!Taking things away from someone or somewhereRemoving and getting rid of things
(Definition of off with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appropriate verb (TAKE)
- confiscate verb
- cream sth/sb off phrasal verb
- de- prefix
- debug verb (REMOVE DEVICES)
- denude verb
- expropriate verb
- get sth off (sth) phrasal verb
- impound verb
- infringe on/upon sth phrasal verb
- knock sth out of sb phrasal verb
- root sth/sb out phrasal verb (GET RID OF)
- rout sb out phrasal verb
- seize verb
- seizure noun (TAKING)
- shear verb (CUT)
- strip sb of sth phrasal verb
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep verb (REMOVE)
- taker noun (HOLD)
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