good off

1. Shirk work or responsibility, loaf; fool around. For example, We were supposed to be studying but we were really goofing off, or If you ever feel like goofing off, please call me. This idiom was a synonym of goof up during World War II, a usage that has died out. [Slang; 1920s]

Example Sentences

Welsh scrum-half Tomos Williams was good off the bench in the defeat by Argentina a week ago and he was building wonderfully on that performance against the Force, scoring twice, before he came off with what is being called a "tight hamstring".

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"His tennis level at times is, I think, top 10 in the world. He doesn't miss many balls. His ball speed is good off both sides, very consistent."

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“I work on putting a lot, so I feel that’s one of my strengths and I’m good off the tee,” he said.

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“I hit driver to the fairway and a 5-iron pure to the green. The thing I was worried about on the putt was getting the speed right and it felt good off the blade.”

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“They’re a super fast, talented team, and they’re really good off the rush,” he said before Thursday’s game.

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