to off
- verb
- /ɔf/
- Offensive
- Doesn't it bother you that some girl offed herself yesterday?
- get offed
- off the guy
- off people
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Examples
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The next day I heard Keeler offed himself.
Fiction book (2002) -
This killer is offing people... based on urban legends.
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Looks like the kid offed himself.
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So, I offed her, too.
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If he offs himself, then we'll know I was wrong.
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Let him go, or we start offing people!
Fiction book (1992) -
A gal got offed here last week.
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The word was he offed drug dealers.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know, you could've offed her and brought back both boxes.
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He was afraid to be seen with someone who might off him.
Synonyms
To kill someone on purpose in an illegal way
To kill someone on purpose
Shoot and kill opponents one by one from a hidden place
Kill someone as part of a crime
To kill a person or animal quickly on purpose
To kill someone on purpose, usually secretly and as part of a crime
To kill someone as part of a plan, often by hired people
To kill someone on purpose
To kill someone on purpose, usually by a criminal group
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
People keep money or wages off official records to avoid taxes and other rules
- Informal
A situation where previous plans no longer apply and no one knows what will happen
- Informal
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
- Informal
Speak to someone for a very long time in a way that annoys them
- Informal
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
Phrasal Verbs
Stop employing someone because the company cannot afford them, not because of bad work
- Informal
To not attend or take part in something you should, often to do something else instead
To stop something suddenly before it is finished, for example a talk or relationship
- Informal
Stop doing something for a short time, for example at a point in a book
Make something unwanted go away, like an illness, a feeling, or a person following you
Compounds
- Specialized
Professional small theaters in New York City with fewer than 500 seats that show new or experimental plays
- Specialized
Removing the value of a debt or asset from accounts when it cannot be paid
A gun with very short barrels that shoots many small metal balls at close range
An area in a room or building separated from others by a hanging cloth to give privacy
How Violent
- NSFW
- NSFW
- Offensive
- NSFW
Surface Forms
Etymology
Off used as a slang verb 'to kill' is a modern use of the idea 'away' or 'remove'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'off' as to 'remove someone for good', which is why to 'off' someone means to kill them.