"shift off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shifts off [present, singular, third-person], shifting off [participle, present], shifted off [participle, past], shifted off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shift off (third-person singular simple present shifts off, present participle shifting off, simple past and past participle shifted off)
  1. To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
    Sense id: en-shift_off-en-verb-ML8d8s3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

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