"rack off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-rack off.ogg [Australia] Forms: racks off [present, singular, third-person], racking off [participle, present], racked off [participle, past], racked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rack off (third-person singular simple present racks off, present participle racking off, simple past and past participle racked off)
  1. (Australia, informal, often imperative) To go away; to sod off. Tags: Australia, imperative, informal, often Synonyms: get stuffed, piss off
    Sense id: en-rack_off-en-verb-1kOSffnb Categories (other): Australian English, English dismissals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English dismissals: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rack, off. Derived forms: rack off, hairy legs
    Sense id: en-rack_off-en-verb-~bjdRuGe

Inflected forms

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