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passing-off

passing

— noun (= pass, passing play) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate the coach sent in a passing play on third and long — adjective (= ephemeral, transient, transitory, fugacious) lasting a very short time the ephemeral joys of childhood a passing fancy youth's transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms — noun euphemistic expressions for death thousands mourned his passing — noun the motion of one object relative to another stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets — noun the end of something the passing of winter — noun (= pass) success in satisfying a test or requirement his future depended on his passing that test he got a pass in introductory chemistry — noun going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me — adjective (= pass) of advancing the ball by throwing it a team with a good passing attack a pass play — adjective allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily a passing grade — noun (= passage) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another the passage of air from the lungs the passing of flatus — adjective (= casual, cursory, perfunctory) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws a passing glance perfunctory courtesy — adverb (= extremely) to an extreme degree extremely cold extremely unpleasant

off Preposition

— Away from somewhere or some time. I got ready and by 7:00 I was off to school. There's a nice restaurant just off the main road. Bye, I'll be off now. He was standing about 50m off. Your birthday's only a few days off now. — If something is off it is not on. She took the hat off his head. Keep your feet off the desk, please. — Out of a vehicle such as a train, bus, etc. As the train stopped, he jumped off and ran to her. — If something that uses energy is off, it is not working. It was dark in the room because the light was off. He turned the TV off and went to bed. — If you are off, you do not have to go to work or to school. I work evenings, but I have my afternoons off. — made smaller by a certain amount They've taken 30% off the price. We cut off a few pieces. — If a plan, event, etc. is off, it will not happen. Tonight's game is off because of the rain. They've called off the meeting. — If you're off something, you don't like or want something you wanted before. That article really put me off meat. — If you're off some medicine, you are not using it any more. He's been off the pain killers for a few weeks.

off Adjective

— If food is off, it is not good to eat anymore.

off Verb

— If a person offs someone, they kill him or her. I heard they offed Jimmy by drowning.