float off

British  

verb

1. to offer (shares in a subsidiary company) for sale on the stock market separately from the main company

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Example Sentences

Having never trained in improv, Byrne had to adapt to being fed multiple alternative lines during filming while working with actors who might float off into comedic rants at any minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The military firm now favours the "float off" method, which is more controlled and allows a vessel to be launched in a more complete state.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Minor melting could push the flat ice bed up and move it toward the land, like a large ice cube that can float off the ocean bottom with enough thinning.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023

The balloons float off, the streamers fly and the wide eyes of the world revel in the cathode ray tube’s sanctimony.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2019

When Mom cast an eye on my soggy Buster Browns, she said, “I swear, Sonny, if your head gets any emptier, it’s going to float off your head like a balloon.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam