"smart off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-smart off.ogg Forms: smarts off [present, singular, third-person], smarting off [participle, present], smarted off [participle, past], smarted off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} smart off (third-person singular simple present smarts off, present participle smarting off, simple past and past participle smarted off)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To show disrespect verbally; to smartmouth. Tags: intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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