slough off in English

Forms: sloughs off [present, singular, third-person], sloughing off [participle, present], sloughed off [participle, past], sloughed off [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slough off (third-person singular simple present sloughs off, present participle sloughing off, simple past and past participle sloughed off)

Inflected forms

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    {
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  "word": "slough off"
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      "form": "sloughs off",
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughed off",
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"slough off" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms