"claw off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-claw off.ogg [Australia] Forms: claws off [present, singular, third-person], clawing off [participle, present], clawed off [participle, past], clawed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} claw off (third-person singular simple present claws off, present participle clawing off, simple past and past participle clawed off)
  1. (nautical, intransitive) To beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shore. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-claw_off-en-verb-ZKs1xRp6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 67 33 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (dated, slang, transitive) To hit or beat up (someone). Tags: dated, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-claw_off-en-verb-t~2JvhWK

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for claw off meaning in English (1.9kB)

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