Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive)To lie low; to hide.

  2. (idiomatic, slang, transitive)To leave or exit quickly.

Origin

From duck + off.

From duck + off.

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Forms

ducks off, ducking off, ducked off, ducked off
Base formduck off · to duck off
3rd person singularducks off
Present participleducking off
Past simpleducked off
Past participleducked off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyduck off
he, she, itducks off

Past simpleLesson

all personsducked off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ducked off
he, she, ithas ducked off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill duck off

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedducked off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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