"mug off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-mug off.ogg [Australia] Forms: mugs off [present, singular, third-person], mugging off [participle, present], mugged off [participle, past], mugged off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mug off (third-person singular simple present mugs off, present participle mugging off, simple past and past participle mugged off)
  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, dupe Tags: UK, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mug off meaning in English (1.4kB)

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