fling off en · VERB
Meanings
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To cast away; to disown, abandon.
He has flung us off; and leaves us to poverty.
1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, section XXIV:
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To throw out (a word or phrase); to exclaim.
‘Oh how I detest modern life!’ she flung off.
1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XIV, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
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To quickly take off (clothing)
She flung off her bra.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flung off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| flung off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| flinging off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| flings off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |