Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Multicultural London English, slang)To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Our destination is still a long way off.

    deZu unserem Ziel ist es noch immer ein weiter Weg.

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  2. Let's hope that that day is a long way off.

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  3. Let's hope that day is a long way off.

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  4. Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?

    ruПочему бы тебе не пойти куда подальше?

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  5. The longer you put off doing that, the harder it's going to be to do it.

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Forms

longs off, longing off, longed off, longed off
Base formlong off · to long off
3rd person singularlongs off
Present participlelonging off
Past simplelonged off
Past participlelonged off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylong off
he, she, itlongs off

Past simpleLesson

all personslonged off

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill long off

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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