"ball off" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balls off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balled off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balled off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ship balled off at 12 knots.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, dated) To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
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            "Transport",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn."
      ],
      "id": "en-ball_off-en-verb-P6~LGQIE",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "yarn",
          "yarn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, nautical) To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball off"
}

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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
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    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balls off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balled off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balled off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English slang",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The ship balled off at 12 knots.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed."
      ],
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        "(slang, dated) To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Nautical"
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      "glosses": [
        "To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn."
      ],
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        [
          "yarn",
          "yarn"
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        "(archaic, nautical) To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
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    }
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