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look off en · VERB
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(idiomatic, transitive) To put off by one's facial expression
She can look a man on or look him off, either way. I wouldn't have thought any woman could look him off, I'd think she'd need a hatpin or a red-hot poker
1957, Rex Stout, If Death Ever Slept, page 40:
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(idiomatic, transitive) To mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.
I went back to pass, tried to look off the safety, turned and fired it out to Jack. It didn't work. The safety closed on the ball and knocked it down.
2004, Danny Wuerffel with Steve Spurrier and Mike Bianchi, Danny Wuerffel's Tales from the Gator Swamp, page 24:
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(intransitive) To look in a way different than the intended direction of play in order to confuse the opposing team.
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