"nick off" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-au-nick off.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} nick off
  1. (UK, Australia) Go away; get lost. Tags: Australia, UK Synonyms: knick off
    Sense id: en-nick_off-en-intj-FrfaD8YS Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 71 29

Verb

Audio: en-au-nick off.ogg [Australia] Forms: nicks off [present, singular, third-person], nicking off [participle, present], nicked off [participle, past], nicked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nick off (third-person singular simple present nicks off, present participle nicking off, simple past and past participle nicked off)
  1. (Australia, slang) To leave, especially in a hurry. Tags: Australia, slang
    Sense id: en-nick_off-en-verb-odzzqWY3 Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for nick off meaning in English (2.7kB)

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