"doss off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: dosses off [present, singular, third-person], dossing off [participle, present], dossed off [participle, past], dossed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} doss off (third-person singular simple present dosses off, present participle dossing off, simple past and past participle dossed off)
  1. To avoid something, especially work, out of laziness.
    Sense id: en-doss_off-en-verb-UZ1MfdDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dossed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dossed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid something, especially work, out of laziness."
      ],
      "id": "en-doss_off-en-verb-UZ1MfdDo",
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "laziness",
          "laziness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doss off"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dossing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dossed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dossed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English phrasal verbs",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid something, especially work, out of laziness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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