"screw off" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-screw off.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} screw off
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) To tell someone to leave or to stop being bothersome. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-screw_off-en-intj-S8PxFD41 Categories (other): English dismissals
  2. (idiomatic, possibly vulgar) An expression of surprise or disbelief. Tags: idiomatic, possibly, vulgar
    Sense id: en-screw_off-en-intj-KWdZQIMa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: screw-off

Verb

Audio: En-au-screw off.ogg [Australia] Forms: screws off [present, singular, third-person], screwing off [participle, present], screwed off [participle, past], screwed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screw off (third-person singular simple present screws off, present participle screwing off, simple past and past participle screwed off)
  1. To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
    Sense id: en-screw_off-en-verb-xU7AB0ra
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) To fail to do one's work; to goof off. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-screw_off-en-verb-sgjs8yOk
  3. (idiomatic, colloquial) To leave; to bugger off. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-screw_off-en-verb-npRxbRfv

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for screw off meaning in English (3.7kB)

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