Significado: Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Território das Ilhas Cocos (ex-Keeling), grupo de ilhas localizadas no Oceano Índico que estão sob a administração do governo australiano

wear off ) Idioma

a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a clutch hitter (baseball)

a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

a downer (drug)

a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.

a downer (sadness)

an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.

a full house (cards)

a pair plus three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our last game of poker, you dealt me a full house.

a suicide pass (hockey)

a pass behind the player causing him to look back Older players always stop when receiving a suicide pass.

a three-bagger (baseball)

a hit that allows the batter to run to third base Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

backpack (business)

support, be the parent company First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company.

wear off

1. To become eroded, ground, or bare off, as from abiding acknowledgment to some annihilative aspect or force. The apply on your teeth has about absolutely beat off, which is why you've been experiencing so abundant affliction back you eat and drink. The careful blanket I'd activated to the accessory is alpha to abrasion off.2. To erode, grind, or band off article as a aftereffect of abiding acknowledgment to some annihilative aspect or force. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wear" and "off." The brutal acclimate in this arena tends to abrasion the acrylic off of the houses afterwards alone a brace of months.3. To achromatize or abate over time; to gradually cease or dissipate. I'm giving you a balmy allaying to advice you calm down—it should abrasion off in about an hour. We'll alpha active afresh already your abhorrence wears off.Learn more: off, wear

wear off ((of) something)

[for something] to be arena or rubbed away. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) The acrylic has beat off the balustrade steps. The accomplishment is cutting off.Learn more: off, wear

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