"foxtrot oscar" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foxtrot oscars [present, singular, third-person], foxtrot oscaring [participle, present], foxtrot oscared [participle, past], foxtrot oscared [past]
Etymology: From Foxtrot and Oscar, denoting the initials of fuck off in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Etymology templates: {{m|mul|Foxtrot}} Foxtrot, {{m|mul|Oscar}} Oscar, {{m|en|fuck off}} fuck off, {{l|en|NATO phonetic alphabet}} NATO phonetic alphabet Head templates: {{en-verb}} foxtrot oscar (third-person singular simple present foxtrot oscars, present participle foxtrot oscaring, simple past and past participle foxtrot oscared)
  1. (slang, humorous, euphemistic) To fuck off. Tags: euphemistic, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-foxtrot_oscar-en-verb-UinCJswZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

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