pinch off en · VERB
Meanings
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To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.
1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pinches off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pinched off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pinched off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pinching off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Relateds
pinch a loaf · pinchers · pincers
Translations (15)
pl uszczykiwać (To separate (something) from something else) · pl uszczknąć (To separate (something) from something else) · pl uskubać (To separate (something) from something else) · pl uskubywać (To separate (something) from something else) · mi kinikini (To separate (something) from something else) · de abzwacken (To separate (something) from something else) · nl afknijpen (To separate (something) from something else) · tr çimdiklemek (To separate (something) from something else) · de abzwicken (To separate (something) from something else) · mi kikini (To separate (something) from something else) · de abkneifen (To separate (something) from something else) · pl odrywać (To separate (something) from something else) · pl oderwać (To separate (something) from something else) · tr çimdik atmak (To separate (something) from something else) · mi kini (To separate (something) from something else)