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pop off
verb
to depart suddenly or unexpectedly
to die, esp suddenly or unexpectedly
he popped off at the age of sixty
to speak out angrily or indiscreetly
he popped off at his boss and got fired
Idioms and Phrases
Leave abruptly or hurriedly, as in I'm just going to pop off and mail some letters .
Die suddenly, as in No one expected her to pop off like that . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1700s]
Speak thoughtlessly in an angry outburst, as in Don't pop off at me—complain to whoever's responsible . [ Slang ; c. 1930]
pop someone off . Kill someone, as in The sniper popped off at least three men . [ Slang ; early 1800s] All four usages transfer pop in the sense of “explode” to other kinds of sudden or violent behavior.
Example Sentences
Then he grasped the robot’s head in his hands and twisted until—thwip—it popped off.
Once he pursues a resolution and is denied, the bolts start popping off the plane mid-flight.
She says the US version of the show, which has overlapped with the UK edition this year, is "popping off" on the app, and believes this has boosted interest in Love Island overall.
It’s always tempting to assume that the president is just popping off like that proverbial old guy at the end of the bar who rants about what he’d do if he were in charge.
“I am not prone to hyperbole. I am prone to, like, popping off a little bit. I know that,” Walz said, prefacing his argument that Americans are living in a “dangerous” time.
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