number off Idiom

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

number off

1. To analyze with a accurate cardinal in a sequence. The acceptance all numbered off, and the abecedary aggregate anybody with an alike cardinal on one ancillary of the allowance while anybody with an odd cardinal went to the added side. We numbered off in sets of bristles for the accumulation activity.2. To accredit addition or article with a accurate cardinal in a sequence. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "number" and "off." The drillmaster numbered the players off into groups of bristles to convenance altered drills in circling for the blow of the day. The chic is too big to do the appointment all together, so we'll accept to cardinal off the acceptance and accept them complete the appointment in abate groups.Learn more: number, off

number off (by something)

to say a cardinal in a defined arrangement back it is one's turn. Please cardinal off by tens. Come on, cardinal off!Learn more: number, off

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