"weigh off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: weighs off [present, singular, third-person], weighing off [participle, present], weighed off [participle, past], weighed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} weigh off (third-person singular simple present weighs off, present participle weighing off, simple past and past participle weighed off)
  1. (transitive, UK, slang) To sentence (a prisoner). Tags: UK, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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