"par off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pars off [present, singular, third-person], parring off [participle, present], parred off [participle, past], parred off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} par off (third-person singular simple present pars off, present participle parring off, simple past and past participle parred off)
  1. (UK, slang) To reject, ignore, or spurn. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-par_off-en-verb-WJXLnz1- Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, slang) To put or give away. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-par_off-en-verb-KT1HPV7n Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 49 20 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 23 49 21 7
  3. (UK, slang) To insult. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-par_off-en-verb-Scui5yxm Categories (other): British English
  4. To handle; to deal with.
    Sense id: en-par_off-en-verb-VI5QXXlf

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017 December 4, Diyora Shadijanova, “Kem and Amber might be over, but which Love Island couples are still together?”, in The Tab",
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