screw-off
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of screw-off
Noun use of verb phrase screw off
Example Sentences
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"For him to just get a puppy and then to just screw off, that doesn't add up. He would have taken the dog with him."
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2018
If fans who screw off at work ultimately do their work at home, the alleged "loss" to productivity would be a wash.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2011
I can’t screw off the top, although I try.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
For instance, he, on several different occasions, willed to screw off the spout of the family tea-pot, a pewter one, and, having willed to do it, he did it.
From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The front one is made to screw off and on, and the fixing of this is always the last operation in completing a diver’s toilet.
From Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters by Pearson, Francis B.
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