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off-load

British  

verb

  1. (tr) to get rid of (something unpleasant or burdensome), as by delegation to another

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Before selling current holdings, they’d have to give seven days of notice, which addresses the concern that lawmakers might quickly off-load assets after receiving some grim briefing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

If his companies were to actually off-load hundreds of millions of coins in a classic pulling of the rug on his biggest fans, those coins would have sold for much, much less than $56 billion.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2025

Right now, workers have started boarding the Lebanese-flagged ship to off-load its precious cargo.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2022

You won’t be able to use it to play PS5 titles, but you can off-load them onto a hard drive like this one.

From The Verge Jul. 29, 2022

They look to be waiting, while they off-load some of the heavy ordnance from the Marsten Moor.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

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